OE-FGR #440A99 is currently way further than its Cologne, Germany destination and has reportedly no crew visible in the cabin (per Dagens Nyheter - Swedish news).
Breaking: significant drop in speed for OE-FGR.
(Per @ADSBexchange)
Altitude maintained level through the speed drop for a few moments. Autopilot must be engaged and would then try to maintain altitude despite drop in speed and would essentially stall.
Now even and gradual turn to the right. This does not seem to indicate a controlled turn.
OE-FGR turned again (2D) to the left and has since lost coverage. Its last position was about 25 miles NW of Ventspils. It is likely down now.
There are reportedly four people aboard. Pray for them and their families.
πΈπͺ Swedish Coast Guard Dash 8SE-MAA #4AB421 en route to the last known position of OE-FGR.
Just FYI, if you see this Nordic Unmanned drone circling north of the suspected crash site of OE-FGR, it is something I coincidentally covered the other day and is not involved in the SAR.
Spartans are not seen here in Puget Sound often. This one came up from Sacramento. I regularly see them on flight data apps over Californian airspace. Not within a few miles of me.
Might explain why I didn't recognize the noise when it passed overhead.
Increased amount of π·πΊ Russian mil and government activity observed in the past 24 hours (0300Z 8/189/22 to 0259Z 8/20/22): 28 separate airframes recorded via @ADSBexchange
May be a result of increased data coverage, not necessarily flights.
Rossiya - Special Flight Detachment, part 1
π·πΊ RSD045 is Il-96-300 RA-96023 #157717
π·πΊ RSD071 is An-148-100EA RA-61716 #14F114
π·πΊ RSD073 is Il-96-300 RA-96018 #157712
π·πΊ RSD077 is A319-115(CJ) RA-73026 #151D42
Rossiya - Special Flight Detachment, part 2
π·πΊ RSD078 is Falcon 7X RA-09007 #14232F
π·πΊ RSD105 is Tu-204-300 RA-64058 #14FA3A
π·πΊ RSD882 is Tu-214 RA-64521 #14FC09
π·πΊ RSD980 is Tu-214 RA-64534 #14FC16 (FSB)
If you look closely at the image @Ameliairheart has provided, there are more than just craters that are in patterns. There are many aircraft within what might be construed as a blast radius by whatever created the massive craters that have irregular damage "halos".
These halos appear to be circular burn areas on the sides of aircraft to which damage is limited to only one side.
These aircraft are tucked together between berms designed to deflect blast damage. They also can conceal someone inside from view.
One thing that stuck out in my mind about the blast videos of Novofedorivka/Saki Airbase was people from a good distance away experienced a fairly steady breeze. This burn scar of grass & the smoke in the distance makes me wonder if the wind played a factor in spreading the fire.
I bring this up because if you look at this video, you'll notice the area where there are 2 major explosions has the wind drifting smoke from one explosion over the other, and fairly sideways, too.
I suppose it is possible one explosion led to the other.