Posted on Apr 5, 2024

Here's How a Sausage-Filled Jetliner Took Out 16 Soviet Admirals

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One of the many close calls between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War occurred on February 7, 1981. On this day, many of the Soviet Navy’s top brass were killed in a plane crash. With it being the Cold War (and assuming such an event couldn’t have been an accident), the USSR believed the US was behind the accident.

Here's How a Sausage-Filled Jetliner Took Out 16 Soviet Admirals

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LTJG Phillip Panuco

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Another problem with the TU-104 crash, was the possibility that a heavy roll (1 ton) of newsprint was loaded on the plane at the last moment. It may have rolled to the rear of the plane after the plane left the runway. That roll of newsprint was probably not properly secured.

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Here's How a Sausage-Filled Jetliner Took Out 16 Soviet Admirals

Here's How a Sausage-Filled Jetliner Took Out 16 Soviet Admirals

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