A new twist in the case of an accident of "Proton"

In the scope of a criminal case on the precedent of the tragedy of the carrier rocket "proton" July 2, 2013, a search was held in the office of military acceptance when space rocket factory Center Khrunichev. The Minister Marat Nasibullin guilty under article "Negligence".

The tragedy of the Russian carrier rocket perfectly remembered by many residents of Russia - its launch was broadcast live, and millions of TV viewers witnessed the crash. After a short vertical takeoff "proton" threw it to the left, then right, and after he turned the nozzle up and collapsed to the ground.

Expertise helped to establish that the basis of the tragedy of the rocket that was supposed to bring into orbit satellites "GLONASS-M", has become abnormal operation of the angular velocity sensor. It was found that in the production of missiles they were installed incorrectly - flipping 180 degrees, in consequence of which the proton immediately after takeoff was to get the readings about the position of the missile and almost got lost in space.

Complaints were filed against members of the plant - collectors Evgeny Prokhorov and Denis Grishin, also the master-controller Diana Gudkova. Directly Gudkov told investigators that the company employed a dual system of control - the equipment is checked military approval. However, their number was reduced, which reduced the level of quality control and increased the burden on employees.

According to some reports, after the cuts in the military Department of the Manager of the Agency Marat Nasibullin personally eliminated a number of operations from the list of controlled. This gave grounds to suspect him of negligence. "The charges brought against Nasibullin, which was responsible for military acceptance of "Proton". While he is under house arrest", - quote "Izvestia" a source in the Investigative Committee of Russia.

In the Center Khrunichev believe that the change order for the revision was a forced step - decrease in the number of employees was more than solid. "In the period of acronyms officers, which in 2010-2011 was engaged in a former defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, particularly radical was cut just military approval. I can say that in early 1990-ies in the military Department in Hrunicheva" employed about 400 people: 200 officers and 180 civilian experts. After reduction, in other words by the time production of the rocket "proton", state military acceptance was only 6 people", - explained a source in the administration Center.

"It is clear that after such reductions, the military acceptance roughly speaking could not control all the operations. The operation for setting the angular velocity sensor is highly serious. And, of course, was controlled by the military office. But when you've got 6 people, the military acceptance turned out to do not. They by that time had controlled only the group of testing," he added.

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