The plane could absolutely get off the ground, especially if the flaps were set before engine start or on the previous landing.
Further to my point, the ground point was in an inaccessible location. Hence why it was able to come loose without being noticed, making it even more unlikely to be tampered with.
In addition, it's not like the Soviet Union needed to engineer convenient accidents to kill undesirable people, they were more then happy to do it openly.
Finally as an aside, as an actual aircraft mechanic I have some suggestions about where you can put your thoughts on my line of thinking.
> The plane could absolutely get off the ground, especially if the flaps were set before engine start or on the previous landing.
Both are i think low probability events.
Also if the electrical path through the grounding screw were already cut and the engine turned on, will the current flow through the erroneous circuit given in the article or not? If so, then the article states the propellers will be held at feathered position and thus generate no thrust, the engine failure detection system will activate and shut off fuel to both engines. If not and there is a different circuit in this case then it is not given.
Second, it is because this is a Soviet Union product that i put on my conspiracy hat and imagined some "what-ifs". They were pretty big in these sorts of sneaky shit.
Finally, i don't understand your last remark; i was merely commenting on the current suspicious environment surrounding the recent aircraft disasters.
Further to my point, the ground point was in an inaccessible location. Hence why it was able to come loose without being noticed, making it even more unlikely to be tampered with.
In addition, it's not like the Soviet Union needed to engineer convenient accidents to kill undesirable people, they were more then happy to do it openly.
Finally as an aside, as an actual aircraft mechanic I have some suggestions about where you can put your thoughts on my line of thinking.