The Investigation Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Taganrog has filed a criminal case into the theft of equipment from the command post of the Ilyushin Il-80 aircraft, otherwise known as the "doomsday aircraft." The damage caused was evaluated at more than one million rubles. During the inspection of the Il-80, which was being repaired at Taganrog-Yuzhny airfield, it turned out that the cargo hatch of the aircraft was opened. Thirty-nine radio station blocks and five mother boards from five similar dismantled blocks went missing from the compartments of the aircraft.
According to law enforcement agencies, specialists of the plant were changing the lubricant on the shock absorbers of the landing gear of the airplane. All onboard equipment had been in place by the time when the works were completed.
According to specialists, it is impossible to open the cargo hatch of the Il-80 just like that. In order to perform this operation, one needs to power up the aircraft, get into the cockpit and find appropriate switches on the flight engineer's console. In addition, it takes up to six hours for the operation to remove radio station blocks. It also appears strange why such an important aircraft had to be taken to Taganrog for such a routine procedure - any other nearest service base would do instead. To crown it all, special-purpose aircraft usually arrive to have such technical procedures performed without secret equipment on board.
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