Chapter 1122: Air Show Accident

In this good year, the Internet has become more and more popular.

Many Internet words are rolling around people's mouths, such as dongdong, rookie, meimei, etc., which shows the influence of the Internet on secular life. People who are addicted to the Internet are called Internet bugs, which is a headache for parents and principals.

At the center of popular culture are several meters long picture books, Jay Chou and F4, as well as Korean movies, TV series, and music. The best-selling book is "Who Moved My Cheese"o

In fact, this year, an unprecedentedly huge piece of cheese has emerged in the sky, making private business owners, cadres, and foreign investment banks salivate. This is China's huge state-owned assets.

That is to say, the hierarchical management of state-owned assets will be implemented from this year. There is a surge in calls for managers to hold shares. It is rumored that this year will be the year. Some places are eager to use political power to directly allocate state-owned assets to insiders and realize manager control in one step, which is the so-called

In the name of reform, some sold high-quality state-owned assets to related households at low prices. They were private businessmen with mysterious backgrounds and spent billions or tens of billions. These people began to appear at state-owned assets banquets, and the press was full of articles Covering them without understanding their history. In fact, if someone is willing to check the industrial and commercial information and follow the equity relationship, they can find out almost everything. The crony capital that Wu Jinglian warned about is revealed in this process.

This year, many of the guests at the state-owned banquet had troubles in the future. For example, Zhou Zhengyi wanted to eat "Dongba Piece" of cheese, but the stone in the cheese broke off one of his good teeth.

Gao Yan, chairman of Guodian Group, who once served as secretary of Yunnan, was suddenly declared missing. Chinese people have never known his true identity.

Yang Rong, a wealthy man who spans both industrial and financial circles, conflicts with the Liaoning Provincial Government behind him.

They fled to the United States and cursed each other from a distance. Yang Bin, who was appointed as Sinuiju's special agent by North Korea, was investigated for tax evasion before he officially took office.

Before he and his political allies had time to enjoy his Japanese food basket, he relied on this gimmick to get a lot of high-quality land from the government. Also under investigation was movie star Liu Xiaoqing for tax evasion.

Two serving provincial officials were imprisoned this year, Hubei Governor Zhang Guoguang and Guizhou Secretary Liu Fangren, also because of their connections with private businessmen. Three other bankers were also sacked in the same year: Bank of China President Zhu Xiaohua, China Construction Bank President Wang Xuebing, and Huaxia Bank President Duan Xiaoxing.

It was this year that Lu Xueyi, an expert on peasant issues, published the "Research Report on Social Classes in Contemporary China". In his eyes, China is no longer a flat society. "Some classes are differentiated, some classes are reborn, and some classes of society are divided." The status has improved, and the social status of some classes has declined.”

He believes that the decisive factors for China’s new class division are: organizational resources,

economic resources and cultural resources. Those with high possession of the three resources are the strong groups in society, and vice versa are the weak groups. The press did not express any surprise at this, and everyone thought he was just telling the truth.

Last year, Wu Jinglian was besieged by scholars who also belong to the market school because he said that the Chinese stock market was not even as good as a casino. Smart people have seen clearly that at this time, most of the enemies in the intellectual community no longer speak out of conscience, but Became the spokesperson of interest groups.

Due to Fan Heng's focus on the Yili case, the domestic disorder was stopped. However, a large amount of state-owned assets, including companies and land, have changed hands and cannot be returned. The cheese of state-owned assets has created a new group of rich people.

In fact, although there is a bit of turmoil in the country, the external atmosphere this year is still relatively favorable. Because Europe and the United States focus on counter-terrorism, and the Americans want to fight Afghanistan, they need China's support and cooperation. So in fact, this year This is the best period for China’s international environment.

The economic recession in the West has not affected the rapid progress of China's foreign trade exports. It is expected that this year's total foreign trade value will reach 600 billion US dollars, and GDP will reach 10 trillion. There are signs that China is becoming a safe haven for foreign investment.

On July 27, a Su-27 fighter jet crashed in the crowd of spectators at the Ukrainian Air Show J1, causing the most serious air show accident in history.

At that time, in order to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the 14th Army of the Ukrainian Air Force, an aerobatic display was held at Skniliv Airport near the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, attracting thousands of spectators, including many children.

During the demonstration, a Su-27 fighter jet that was performing a difficult diving stunt at low altitude suddenly lost control and its fuselage brushed against the top of the woods next to the airport runway. The out-of-control plane hit an IL-76 passenger plane parked on the tarmac and immediately exploded and caught fire.

Due to the huge inertia, the burning fuselage continued to roll towards the audience who had no time to escape. A total of eighty-five people died as a result of the plane impact and ensuing explosion, many of their bodies burned or mutilated. Another hundred people were injured to varying degrees. The two pilots ejected when the plane hit trees before crashing, but both were injured. After the accident, Ukraine immediately established an investigation committee.

At first, people suspected that the main cause of the accident was a mechanical failure of the aircraft, because many similar aircraft used by the Russian Air Force for aerobatics have crashed before.

However, experts suspect that the accident was caused by human factors, and the results of the accident investigation are also in line with experts' speculation.

The cause of the accident was mainly because the pilot changed the flight plan without authorization and made a temporary low-altitude dive. There were also problems with the flight plan, especially the flight route was arranged directly above the audience. In addition, the pilot's operating errors and the aircraft Mechanical failure finally caused this disaster.

Too much fuel was added to the plane before takeoff, making it too heavy and inflexible to complete the final maneuver and causing a larger explosion after the crash.

Shortly after the accident, President Kuchma publicly condemned the Ukrainian military and pointed out that they should be responsible for the incident. The relevant responsible persons, including the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Air Force and four other senior generals, were dismissed and arrested by the prosecutor's office. The Minister of Defense offered to resign. to take responsibility for the crash, but was rejected by the president. Historical pictures always stimulate people's senses with their amazing repetition.

From a visual point of view, the crash at the Lviv Air Show in Ukraine is very similar to the Paris Air Show three years ago. One was the Su-27, the flagship of the Soviet aircraft, and the other was its upgraded version of the Su-27. K, before the crash, they were performing vertical dives, and the pilots successfully escaped at the last second with the excellent performance of the K-3611m ejection system.

Even taking into account the fact that three Su-27s crashed on their way back from participating in the Malaysian Air Show in 1995, it is not enough to question the performance of this fighter. After all, the Su-27 was born in the most prosperous era of the former Soviet Union, regardless of scientific research. The strength, financial allocation and administrative support are not what Russia today can F(:o

Based on its near-perfect aerodynamic layout and excellent-performance power plant, the Su-27 is endowed with world-recognized strong maneuverability. It has set numerous world records for climb, altitude and difficult maneuvers. The dazzling Pugachev The Cobra maneuver has almost become the Su-27's personal signature.

Sixteen years of forging in the fire, countless outstanding test pilots were sacrificed, and the hard work was not exhausted. Although it has never been tested in actual combat, there are still endless legendary stories closely connected with the Su-27 family.

Among them, there are three points that are most talked about. One is the Su-27's debut at the Paris Air Show 13 years ago. A Su-27 was hit by lightning and some components melted, but it was still able to complete a somersault and land safely. . The second is that when it encountered a NATO P-3B anti-submarine aircraft fifteen years ago, the Su-27 flipped under the belly of the P-3B through maneuvers, disembowelled its engine compartment with its vertical tail and returned safely. The third is that in October of the previous year, the Su-27 and a Su-Zhi reconnaissance aircraft broke through the radar detection of the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier formation, passed over the head of the Kitty Hawk and took photos. Afterwards, military experts said that if the Su-Z7 moved attack, the Kitty Hawk would be sunk without preparation.

However, legends belong to history after all. The stumps and broken arms of the victims at Lviv Airport prompted many people to ask this question: Has the maneuverability advantage of the Su-27 been overstated? What’s the point of asking a heavy fighter to perform moves that even the best floor gymnasts can’t perform? A famous test pilot of the Russian Air Force said that the stunt performed by the Ukrainian pilot at that time was called "back-to-back half roll" and was very difficult. He did not understand why such a stunt was risky to perform at an aviation show.

Looking back on the history of air shows around the world in the past ten years, including the Zhuhai Air Show in China, Su-Luo aerobatics has almost evolved into a reserved program at major air shows. In terms of attracting the attention and screams of the audience, no one has Western fighter jets are comparable to the Su-27.

Another undeniable fact is that compared with the F-16, which once achieved an 80-0 record in the Bekaa Valley, the Su-27 has no real qualifications of blood and fire to boast about. It can only rely on the excitement aroused at the air show. Only by marveling one after another can the whole world, especially potential foreign buyers, understand their own value.

Although the plane that crashed this time was piloted by a Ukrainian, the Su-27's tradition of unstoppable flight performances has also been inherited.

The life-saving performance obviously paid off, and the Su-27 quickly became a hot commodity in the fighter jet market. In the early 1990s, Russia successfully developed several subsequent improved versions of the Su-27, such as the Su-39 (fighter bomber), Su-carrier type}, Su-advanced attack type), and Su-35 (advanced combat type) o Except for the Su-34, all of them have been put into the international arms market in exchange for foreign exchange. The largest buyers are India and China. In addition, Syria, Indonesia, Vietnam, North Korea, Myanmar, Laos, Singapore, etc. have also purchased or intend to purchase Su-34. -