중국, 전투기 2대 내몽골서 공중충돌 추락

 

중국, 전투기 2대 내몽골서 공중충돌 추락

[뉴시스] 2008년 06월 26일(목) 오전 10:04

[서울=뉴시스]중국 공군의 젠(殲)-8 전투기 두 대가 내몽골 자치구에서 훈련 도중 공중충돌해 추락했다고 홍콩 명보(明報)가 26일 보도했다. 신문은 관영 신화통신을 인용해 전투기들이 전날 오전 8시50분께 후허하오터(呼和浩特) 상공에서 부딪혀 칭수이허(淸水河)현에 떨어졌으며 조종사들은 낙하산으로 비상 탈출했다고 전했다.

통신은 사고 전투기들이 선양(瀋陽) 군구 소속이며 조종사들이 경상을 입었다고 밝혔으나 전투기 추락으로 인해 다른 인명피해가 발생했는지는 언급하지 않았다. 젠-8 전투기는 중국이 독자 개발한 전폭기로 2개의 엔진을 장착하며 최고속도가 마하 2.2에 이른다. 주로 제공권 장악과 요격용으로 배치되고 있다. 앞서 2001년 하이난도(海南島) 부근에서 미군 해군 EP-3 전자정찰기와 충돌한 중국 전투기도 젠-8이다.

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Chinese J-8 fighters collide, crash into suburbs 

26th June, 2008

 

BEIJING: Two Chinese air force fighter jets collided Wednesday over the northern Inner Mongolia region and crashed into an inhabited area, state media reported. The J-8 fighters collided near the regional capital, Hohhot, on a training mission, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

Both pilots ejected and parachuted to safety, suffering only minor injuries, it said. It said both planes crashed in inhabited areas, but gave no word of any casualties on the ground. China’s secretive military rarely releases information about accidents, although the location of the crash—about 250 miles (400 kilometers) west of Beijing—may have forced it to do so in this case.

The planes, attached to the northern Shenyang Military District, are a model dating from the 1960s designed to intercept Soviet and American bombers at supersonic speeds. Production problems meant only about 40 were ever made, most of which were retired in the 1990s or retrofitted for training or high elevation photographic intelligence gathering work.

Soaring military budgets since the 1990s allowed the People’s Liberation Army Air Force to buy new fighters from Russia, including the Sukoi SU-27. Recent improvements in domestic defense research and development have allowed China to produce more of its own equipment, including the sophisticated Chinese-designed J-10 unveiled last year. – AP

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General characteristics

Crew: 1

Length: 21.52 m (70 ft 7 in)

Wingspan: 9.34 m (30 ft 8 in)

Height: 5.41 m (17 ft 9 in)

Wing area: 42.2 m² (454 ft 3 in)

Empty weight: 9,240 kg (20,370 lbf)

Loaded weight: 13,850 kg (30,500 lbf)

Max takeoff weight: 17,800 kg (39,250 lbf)

Powerplant: 2× WP-13A turbojet

Dry thrust: 44.1 kN (9,900 lbf) each

Thrust with afterburner: 66.7 kN (15,000 lbf) each

Performance

Never exceed speed: Mach 2.4 limited

Maximum speed: Mach >2.5+ (est.) (2339 kph/1262 knot)

Range: 2,800 km

Combat radius: 1,300 km

Service ceiling 20,500 m (67,256 ft)

Rate of climb: 200m/s 12,200 m/min (39,400 ft/min)

Thrust/weight: 0.65; 0.98 with afterburner