The ECHR accepted for consideration the complaint of the relatives of the victims of the Tu-154 disaster near Sochi

The European Court of Human Rights accepted for consideration the complaint of 70 relatives of those killed in the plane crash near Sochi. There, in 2016, the Tu-154 plane of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation crashed. “The ECHR notified us about the acceptance of the complaint for consideration. Currently, preparatory communications have begun for the consideration of the case on the merits “, – reported To Interfax the plaintiffs’ lawyer Igor Trunov.

In their complaint, the applicants point to a violation of Article 2 (the right to live) and Article 13 (right to a fair trial) The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights. They also consider the termination of the criminal case initiated after the plane crash unreasonable. “None of the responsible persons has been held accountable. The reasons for the death of people have not been established, ”Igor Trunov noted.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow previously denied 81 relatives of the victims of the disaster in satisfying claims against the Sogaz insurance company, the reinsurer MS Amlin pls and the RF Ministry of Defense. The plaintiffs asked the court to recover from the defendants more than 2 billion rubles in connection with the underpaid insurance compensation, causing material and moral damage.

In December 2019, lawyer Trunov said that the criminal case opened after the plane crash of the Ministry of Defense was terminated in the absence of corpus delicti. He considers what is happening around the plane crash five years ago as a dangerous precedent. “For the first time in history, they did not even consider it possible to publish the results of the investigation. Everything is secret – there are no results and there are no culprits, – said Igor Trunov in a recent interview with the Free Press. – I think a most dangerous precedent has been created: if in this case the defendant was not recovered, then why not repeat something like that in any similar case? Under any catastrophe, therefore, you can bring secrecy. This is a kind of know-how of recent times. This is unacceptable, since it leaves a negative imprint on the entire domestic judicial system! “

Military transport aircraft Tu-154, owned by the Russian Ministry of Defense, crashed in the waters of the Adler region of Sochi on December 25, 2016. The accident claimed the lives of 92 people. The aircraft was heading to Syria at the Khmeimim airbase. On board were artists of the Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble, television journalists, the head of the Fair Help Foundation Elizaveta Glinka, as well as employees of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

In 2017, the Ministry of Defense stated that a mistake by the commander of the crew, Major Roman Volkov, due to disorientation in space at night, could have led to the disaster. Already at the 50th second, the pilot deflected the control wheel away from himself, thereby slowing the climb, and then abruptly turned the plane, which was going into a turn with a slight right bank, into a steep left bank, after which the descent went three times faster. At the 73rd second of flight at a speed of 540 km / h, the Tu-154 touched the sea surface with its left wing, fell apart and sank.

The relatives of the victims and experts questioned the version of the Ministry of Defense. “But what kind of pilot is looking out the window, and even on takeoff? We control the entire flight by instrument. And they want to tell us that the pilots have taken off and are looking out the window. And they lose their orientation. That’s who says so – he himself has a loss of orientation, orientation and everything else. And conscience, moreover, “- led “Radio Liberty” words of the first class pilot Andrei Litvinov.

A version of the aircraft overloading with weapons was also put forward. After refueling in Adler, the takeoff weight of the Tu-154 was about 110 tons instead of the standard 98. The aircraft wreckage found after the plane crash was not shown to outsiders. However, photographs of some of the fragments made it to the Internet and the press. They prove once again that the tail of the plane was overloaded. “The folded parts of the skin, which is located in the area of ​​the cargo hold, are folded almost in a straight line. This could be caused by some kind of mechanical stress inside. For example, a cargo that also bent the shell outward, ”said Igor Tabachuk, Candidate of Military Sciences.

Relatives of the victims do not exclude the possibility of an explosion on board. “You see, we don’t have a single whole body, we buried millimeters,” said Elena Davidenko, who buried her son. – A piece of the skull, a piece of the prostate gland, lung. Yes, there were some more or less intact bodies, VIPs, who were sitting next to the cockpit. But these are just a few people – some without arms, some without a head. And 12 people simply do not exist, they did not find anything at all. And they tell us that the plane just fell … But where then are the seats, where are the tied bodies, are they like glass shattered? The Korean Boeing fell from 10 thousand meters into the water, and there were whole bodies The Insider>. We just have a “butcher shop” and there are almost no debris. “

Elena Davidenko added that in the course of familiarization with the case materials, the victims were forbidden to copy or photograph anything. In addition, “they took a nondisclosure agreement from everyone.”

Yuri Antipov, a member of the Association of Technical Experts of Russia, came to the conclusion that there was an explosion on board. Perhaps some secret military cargo exploded, which was transported on the Tu-154 and due to which there was an overload, he believes. “After arriving in Adler, the plane had to refuel for a very long time, about 3.5 hours, while a regular tanker from scratch would have filled up aviation fuel in 20 minutes,” explained Antipov. – It is known that none of the passengers were allowed out of the plane. At that moment, a certain military cargo was loaded, which is not subject to publicity. And those who were on board, it was undesirable to see him. An analysis of the recovered debris that got on the Internet showed that there was a lot of pressure in the first cargo compartment inside, because of which the side in the area of ​​the cargo compartment was simply torn apart. On the right side, the remaining metal was folded up. On the left side of the cargo compartment, the skin turned black-brown, which is possible only when exposed to very high temperatures. And such a temperature could only have been created by an explosion inside the cargo compartment. ” In addition, some parts of the structure were melted.