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The moment the Russian A-50 was shot down. (streamable.com)
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[–] neuropean@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Can you imagine being in a burning airplane that’s taking that long to go down? Talk about worst final moments.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 months ago

missile split plane in half, and if what i heard is accurate, it was S200, it has 200kg warhead, i don't think that crew was alive immediately after impact

[–] Cyclist@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

A lot of brown tracksuits.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Masters of the Air does a really good job of showing this, terrifying.