The Russian Tu-154 airliner crashed in October 2001 over the Black Sea, was not shot down by the Ukrainian S-200 missile, but probably blown from the inside.

This was stated in the interview on the air of the Gordon program on the 112 Ukraine channel by the ex-Minister of Defense of Ukraine (from 1996 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2005), Army General Alexander Kuzmuk.

According to him, the conclusions of the International Aviation Committee, which is in Moscow and directly accused Ukraine of the plane crash, raise a lot of questions.

"First, of the fragments that were found, not a single fragment of the outer skin of the aircraft was damaged, and many of them were found. Including the nose of the aircraft, where they simply had to be, but they were absent. However, on the internal parts of the plane, between the first and second salon, there were damages, "- said the general.

Kuzmuk pointed to the vagueness of how the International Aviation Committee found that the explosion occurred 18 meters above the tail of the aircraft.

"This class of missiles, the type of complexes, does not shoot after, but on the lead. There were found fragments of the projectile and combat damage elements. We conducted all kinds of analyzes. Here a new disconnect: they did not coincide. A spectral analysis showed that they do not belong to the warhead of the rocket ... The remnants of the explosive, which is used in the combat unit, were also missing on these striking elements. But there was a conventional explosive used for homemade bombs, "he explained..

At the same time, the ex-minister added, no fragments of the rocket were found in the sea.

"Judging by all the studies, including those we conducted abroad (some of which can not be confirmed), the plane was blown from the inside. This was carefully prepared, "he said..

Recall, on October 4, 2001, the passenger plane Tu-154 of the Russian airline "Siberia" crashed over the Black Sea.. The main version of the catastrophe is the hit of a missile launched from the Opuk range near Feodosiya during the exercises of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of the accident, 78 people were killed - 66 passengers and 12 crew members.