This formal announcement does suggest engineers. Some say it is the Y-8 with the balance beam, but it could also be the one with the dish. The handling of these planes can get iffy due to the weight and drag of the antenna.
Personally I think it is the balance beam plane. A gust of wind sideways can cause the plane to roll over. I never really thought of that as a sound aerodynamic design.
40 killed in Chinese military plane crash
BEIJING — Forty people died in a military plane crash in eastern China, official media said late yesterday, confirming that all onboard were killed.
President Hu Jintao expressed his condolences for those killed in the transport plane crash on Saturday in Anhui province, Xinhua news agency said.
“The motherland and people will never forget their (the victims’) heroic names and merits,” Hu said in the first official response to the crash.
“They have made important contributions to national defence and the modernisation of the army,” he said.
The victims had “firmly remembered the sacred mission endowed on them by the party and the people” and had “defied all hardships to faithfully perform their duties,” he said in his message of condolence. Hu has ordered an investigation into the crash, dispatching a team to the site and demanding that the military draw lessons from the incident, Xinhua said. — AFP
Hmmm … but are 40 people not too many for a Y-8 fitted with AEW-equipment ??? I don’t know how many working-stations the Y-8 AEW versions have, but 40 seem very much too high for me. :confused: …. Could a KJ-2000 be possible ???
Deino :confused:
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