Yuri Gagarin (6 photos) Bashny.Net

March 27, 1968 at 10 o'clock 19 minutes from the airport "Chkalovsky" soared "SPARK" MiG-15 UTI board number 18, piloted by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and Air Force Colonel Vladimir Seregin. According to the plan Regiment Gagarin had to perform on this day three training flight, to gain access to independent crash after a long break connected with the preparation of a diploma. But this exercise was for the first cosmonaut and his partner last.



All negotiations with the head of operations on the ground led Gagarin. A few minutes after take-off 625 minutes (that was his call sign) reported on the entrance to the piloting zone and requested permission to perform the flight task. Permission was granted. And then there was strange.



Just four minutes instead of the twenty Gagarin reported on the implementation of tasks and ready to get out of the zone. The request was unexpected, but reported to Gagarin quietly, and flight director felt that the regimental commander Seregin decided to reduce the training program, and did not ask for additional confirmation.

- 625 minutes, allow.

- Realized doing.



These were the last words of Yuri Gagarin recorded on film. A minute later, "Spark" at the speed of 700 kilometers per hour crashed into the ground near the village of Novoselovo in the Vladimir region.



Over the decades that have passed since this catastrophe were conducted countless experiments and expertise, expressed a wide variety, sometimes crazy, version, but a clear answer to the question: what happened March 27, 1968 and no.



Once a response has been extremely important, because the authorities had to explain the cause of death of the country's most famous citizen. Now the important thing. 40 years ago there was a man who knew a smile the whole world, a man who represents our victory and self-confidence, a man turn into a Russian "drove" a national symbol.