Putin’s Flying Fortress Picking up Expelled Russian Diplomates at Brussels Airport

[@phpn99]

The diplomats weren't expelled ; they're part of a Special Operation testing diplomatic boundaries.

[@Timmislav]

Truth

[@frank-ko6de]

😂😂😂😂

[@AllThingsCaribbean]

Good one

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

Are you sure they're not a special detachment of special operations flight reviewers reviewing special diplomatic expulsion flights?

[@AllThingsCaribbean]

@@AndrewTubbiolo something special going on , hope it's the date on nuclear war to end this miserable humanity

[@eland65]

They should have been told to walk...

[@YN-io6kj]

All politicals aside. Thats a strangly beautiful aircraft.

[@TheHDAviation]

Now that was an awesome catch, super cool to get to see an IL-96. Excellent footage!

[@F1PrivateJetSpotter]

Thanks a lot, was very special to see one here!

[@JelmersAviation]

Really awesome video! Great catch!

[@F1PrivateJetSpotter]

Thank you very much!

[@AviationHighlights]

Great footage of a rare aircraft!

[@F1PrivateJetSpotter]

thank you!

[@batangfirst5993]

@@F1PrivateJetSpotter nice aircraft ... greetings from the Philippines with love ..

[@RomanVarl]

This isn't a "flying fortress", just a regular IL-96. The presidential IL-96 has a lot more features, comms. and such visible on the outside

[@Zuconja]

Click bait.

[@Tengri30]

Just wanted to say that. This is just a regular one with a more or less VIP interior and with little or no countermeasures at all.

[@legend9805]

This il 96 is a goverment plane but not putin jet

[@RomanVarl]

@@legend9805 exactly! It's "Rossiya" airlines regular IL-96. Very similar to presidential IL-96, which is designated IL-96-400 VIP presidential plane, only 2 of these exist. But this one is regular IL-96 in normal passenger class config. These are used for regular and charter flights to provide training and flight time for presidential air crew, or diplomatic missions, such as in this case.

[@ChocoLater1]

"Hey Vova" "We've been discovered" "Everything is going according to a plan"

[@MarcvanExel]

And we are back to the cold war, although it's not so cold at the moment. Strange times we are living in. But a very great catch none the less.

[@Ozymandias1]

The difference that it is Total Cold War now. Back in the original Cold War Soviet cultural institutions such as the Bolshoi and Kirov Ballets and the Moscow State Circus toured the West and Soviet athletes participated in Western sporting events. Now all Russian artists, athletes, etc. and even cats are banned from the West. And the reverse is true as well. No artistic and sports exchange of any kind ever. The only exchange will be nuclear exchange if things heat up.

[@nybotor1]

Incredible catch!

[@RubenKelevra]

That's a massive.... horizontal stabiliser.

[@boerplaas388]

Gosh they must have been so happy to leave.

[@lonwaslien104]

Great coverage!

[@morningandafternoonsun]

Damn why didn’t the seize that aircraft 🤦‍♂️

[@nickbykad4822]

The last Russian plane in Europe! Historical moment!

[@mshell1959]

I truly hope so!

[@alexsmith9092]

R.I.P. Europe!

[@kentershackle1329]

Russia is Part of Europe.. Dismissing them.. well.. thats why ya guys hv problems..

[@AllThingsCaribbean]

@@kentershackle1329 lol hurt? Why invite them to the Olympics and world cup and UEFA? When they lose their dictator gonna blow up people country and kill the players , Russia needs to be by themselves

[@eyetrapper]

Lovely aircraft, awesome catch

[@F1PrivateJetSpotter]

Thanks a lot!

[@heklik]

what a cute airbus a340... Bye bye comrades...

[@ddosddos297]

IL 96

[@danmcbride6258]

It is one Putin’s Fleet. Maybe one of the decoys that fly along side when he travels. It certainly wouldn’t be Putin’s personal Jet.

[@rlipka99]

He has Identical jets just like Air-force 1 it very well could be Putin’s Jet on Tuesday and not on Thursday. I don’t have inside information I’m not part of the Russian government I feel like I’m just using common sense based off the example of many other countries including the United States.

[@mylosairplanefan]

Enorm gave vangst man, mooie video!

[@F1PrivateJetSpotter]

bedankt, ben er super blij mee haha :-)

[@trs4714]

@@F1PrivateJetSpotter echt, is een soort boeing kloon maar dan heel beroerd in elkaar gestoken waarschijnlijk. Net als veel van hun producten... Lada's etc etc maar verdomde goed in het ontwerpen van wapens em liegen, ze kunnen zich meten met de VS

[@kaes2000]

Na pożegnanie powinien przetestowac polskiego pioruna pod ogon. xD

[@ohareplanespotting]

Great catch!

[@F1PrivateJetSpotter]

Thanks!

[@cocoe68]

Same plane landing to Madrid airport around April 13th, what coincidence.

[@PLANEMANIA747]

Beautiful capturing of Il96💛💛

[@F1PrivateJetSpotter]

thanks man :-)

[@trinitrang2932]

What has Britain got or do with Ukraine war ?

[@adimo6673]

@3:10, they sure look to be in a real hurry to leave ;P

[@530dave]

Why the jump cuts in the editing? Why not use use dissolves instead of abrupt edits?

[@jlmhamedia]

beautiful soviet aircraft. ❤❤

[@ianstewartaviation2634]

Excellent catch👍👏

[@F1PrivateJetSpotter]

Thank you very much!

[@edikke]

Route gezien hoe die terugvloog : ter hoogte van Schiphol naar links , en dan gans Noorwegen rond

[@F1PrivateJetSpotter]

hij mocht over de Benelux vliegen, voor de rest in internationaal luchtruim!

[@patkelly6349]

What engines do they run

[@cliffordmanono248]

Aviadvigatel PS-90 two shaft turbofan engines. Russia has manufactured at least 1,000 of them.

[@AfshinMoshiri.]

Hi sir. this time is not correct :Today, on the 10 of April 2021 And about your video: 1word: EXCELLENT.

[@F1PrivateJetSpotter]

oeps, sorry about that, still not used to be 2022 ;-)

[@AfshinMoshiri.]

@@F1PrivateJetSpotter sir contact tower on 111.1 because YOU ARE NUMBER ONE.

[@chris-vn6sw]

Bet they’re looking forward to going back 🤔🤪

[@alexanderbelov6892]

@Евгений There are 32 IL-96 produced to the moment. Some of them are not in service.

[@nik98572]

It is my favorite aircraft, RA-96014 is ex KrasAir fleet,

[@vaffangool9196]

Also Domodedovo and AiRUnion. Eighteen years, four airlines, three insolvencies. Like the way they look but I would never fly in one.

[@JoshuasPHXAviation]

Nice catch👌. Liked

[@F1PrivateJetSpotter]

Thank you very much!

[@CptShaquilleOatmeal]

This looks like one of them misfit planes you see in GTA lol

[@driverjeff1498]

I'm pretty sure that's just a standard passenger plane.

[@alexanderbelov6892]

IL-96-300 is standard passenger plane. This one in the video belongs to Russian government airline company "Россия" (according to painted exterior) dedicated to special flights operations. There is also civial airlines company named Russia, but with different paint scheme.

[@GlennYoung0427]

Soviet 707. Pilot and co-pilot are Boris and Natasha.

[@BadenAirTraffic]

Nice catch of this cold war transporter

[@cliff3435]

Russian aircraft have distinct engine sound that is always easy hear and spot

[@Reagan956]

my favourite is Tu154 sound

[@chamadominic5305]

My knowledge, Il96 are equipped with engines made in the USA... to be verified

[@alexanderbelov6892]

@@chamadominic5305 This IL-96-300 has got PS-90A Russian engines. Russian government cannot use aircrafts with foreign engines. There was IL-96 development to use PW2337 engines in 1993. But several years later this modification was cancelled since P&W refused to supply engines. So there is no IL-96 in production with engines made in USA.

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

I think Western jet engines sound much cooler. Especially the high bypass turbofans

[@cliff3435]

@@Chironex_Fleckeri if you ever heard just an122 take off it is music to my ears I often run watch the runway just go when have landed look at them

[@marcdenton2996]

I hope none of them are ever allowed back.

[@greyjay9202]

No noise abatement on that big boy. A handsome aircraft.

[@georgespalding7640]

That's a huge plane, who makes that plane and what is it?

[@vladimirvladimirovichputin4960]

Ilyushin il96

[@INNOCENTWIZZARDS]

What Flying fortress this is regular plane.

[@exploringlondon8616]

That was great catch 🛫🛫💖💖

[@theDjItchybeak]

It's 2022, not 2021..... Wake up.

[@F1PrivateJetSpotter]

I did

[@georgesteele2157]

Don't let the door hit you in the a$$.

[@taurus20077]

Too bad they did not use one of those lease Airbus or Boeing planes... Then, they all would walk home!

[@scottprice4813]

You mean defaulted lease stolen aircraft .

[@antonivanov3142]

Nope, a compensation for stolen monetary reserves of the CBR

[@dalemtb1199]

Great job!

[@anthonyomara1064]

Most of them are kicked out for spying

[@maisonraider4593]

In the digitalised age we live, what sort of spying is a human being capable of doing?

[@mjcoleman]

Why is it called Putin's flying fortress? I thought he flew on RA-96021 or have I got this wrong?

[@andrewstorm8240]

What is this plane?

[@dicdicd1767]

This plane is so much better than 747, 767, 737, 777's. It is better with dignity than the 787.

[@TypeZero31]

Please elaborate how it’s “better”.

[@dicdicd1767]

@@TypeZero31 it was conceived by the USSR.

[@TypeZero31]

@@dicdicd1767 Thank you for posting one of the dumbest responses I've ever seen. Congratulations. As an A&P mechanic, I thought you had an insightful opinion/answer at least......but I need to learn to greatly drop my expectations on KZbin.

[@NKNEYKOV]

Mhm, this nickname "Dic Dicd" is just like a troll name.

[@sc1338]

Lol it’s a piece of shit

[@SunnyFLBoy]

Nazi Germany did the same just before ww2

[@Okanagan48]

Hopefully had enough fuel for the trip back.

[@Ibrahim_faysal16]

Lol was looking for this comment

[@quantumjunkie55.6]

Great video. But what a rotten shame it's come to this. All the diplomatic work of the last 25 years down the drain.

[@herbertcourtesie2459]

Diplomatic and espionage "work" gone wrong. Pity these people return to the hard rye bread with rotten sausage eating routine after enjoying European savory produce.

[@rafd3593]

In the case of Russia, sadly more spying than diplomacy

[@Caocao8888]

¡Adiós, muchachos!

[@pyro4life37]

No war !

[@dirk6001]

Ilyushin IL-96. 30 build great success...

[@sc1338]

It was a failure actually. Not even close to the range of western aircraft

[@roachtoasties]

Belgium should have kept the airplane and told the diplomates they can walk back to Russia. As mentioned, this isn't the Putin jet. If it was, it would have been a nice jet for the EU to keep.

[@erickannoual6448]

Hubris he

[@trs4714]

WHAT S THE USE OF KEEPING THIS AIRCRAFT??? maybe to be exposed in a museum.....with lada.....poor quality... Countries like the soviet union and the us are poor in building cars , airplanes, but weapons....

[@zvakanaka2000]

Magnifique !

[@tasaab]

Boy, look at all those kids entering the plane for quite the uncertain future.

[@christopheropio3656]

Uncertain future indeed. They are happily going home

[@radarmusen]

It was the same there was in Denmark to fly diplomats home to Russia. Seems to smoke a little more than other aircraft’s.

[@MrOlgrumpy]

Watch out for Buks accidentally launched --------

[@melvyncox3361]

Nice catch👍.A real looker!l must admit,l do like Russian aircraft.Won't see many now....

[@cultflix6312]

Looks like a shark 🦈

[@RegHunterWL]

Nice :)

[@pgilligan7794]

And good riddance to them all. A bunch of trouble makers, online all day spreading lies and causing trouble in the country they reside in.

[@andrewjones4773]

They could have go via one of the middle East airlines.

[@JSTONE9352]

Those diplomats and their families cannot be happy about going back to Russia, living in western Europe has got to be more pleasant.

[@Dm.sipaero]

You know, there is always better to negotiate with diplomats then with army ..

[@Idk-qs4nr]

These diplomats earn a lot of money and are very powerful and rich in Russia

[@vaffangool9196]

@@Idk-qs4nr Money is not much use if there's nothing to buy. Wealthy Russians don't stay in Russia.

[@Idk-qs4nr]

@@vaffangool9196 says who?😂

[@vaffangool9196]

@@Idk-qs4nr *Says the 160,000 Russians* living in Highgate, Chelsea, Belgravia, Knightsbridge, Kensington, Highgate, and Surrey. London is attractive to kleptocrats because it has the exact institutions whose absence allows them to extract wealth from Russia-stable politics, personal freedom, and a non-arbitrary rule of law. And now, of course, fully stocked shops.

[@c.mnzolameso3579]

Espérons que c'est le dernier atterrissage et fini maintenant, on ne veut plus d'eux, bande d'agresseurs

[@PAC9322]

Beautiful aircraft 🇷🇺🥂

[@phpn99]

good riddance

[@freedomairwaves]

Very sad to see this. Having the diplomats expelled is not easy after that getting things back to what they used to be. I think a lot of countries acted too quickly and very wrong. Yes war is not a good thing. But even the US has made war with several countries because their leaders wanted their own ways. Maybe the problem lays with the Ukraine leader? Has anyone thought of that?maybe if he was to try and make peace rather than ask for more weapons things could be better? Maybe if Europe and the US had a nutral stand this war could have ended sooner with least lives lost? What ever the case it all seems to be going very wrong and tomorrow doesn't look so bright for any of us. I just hope all ends soon and a peaceful resolution can be found without international intervention.

[@littlesheep392]

Maybe the stupid leader of Russia should stay on his side of the fence and not cause problems. The rest of the world would rather spend our time making the world better and not pollute the air with bombs and diesel powered tanks just to take his neighbor's assets when through trade he could just "borrow" them.

[@freedomairwaves]

@@littlesheep392 the question is what made him jump that fence in the first place. Surly he is not stupid because if he was then everyone would try and stop him. And to see why all this is happening one needs to go back to 2014 and see what's been happening since then until now.

[@85LARGE]

@@freedomairwaves it is useless man. Its like this movie don't look up. Even if the truth hits them on their head they won't see it.

[@georgekraus9357]

So the diplomats go back to Moscow to face the sanctions? Wow that's really sad

[@bartiboguesunset3167]

Jolly good work put them back behind the Iron Curtain where they belong

[@petrovichbauer5105]

I'd have them pay for fuel, landing fees and supplies in euro, CASH

[@fodor7069]

And , don’t come back.

[@robertsturgeonrs]

Its all very sad we waged a long campaign to put this to an end. Not good for Russia or he west.

[@BillCameronWC]

I ‘watched’ that plane flying up the middle of the North Sea (on FlightRadar24) with a number of RAF & USAF aircraft flying in the area too, presumably on surveillance duty - it seemed to be heading north to someplace like Murmansk, although I didn’t watch the whole gruesome performance. Anyway, good riddance.

[@BillCameronWC]

@@dvaparovoza5706 That is obviously far too complex for my simple mind, but it gave me a good laugh anyway, so well done ✅ 😉

[@BillCameronWC]

@@dvaparovoza5706 I block offensive idiots (with infinite respect of course) 🤪🥸

[@Lodovicon]

"Today, on the 10 of April 2021, the Russian Government flew some of its expelled diplomates back home to Russia ..." Welcome to year 2021 everyone.

[@tomaseriksson7240]

Well, I guess we all know that Russia lives in the past? 😉

[@F1PrivateJetSpotter]

haha, still not used to it I guess :p

[@legend9805]

@@tomaseriksson7240 same your nation lives time of vasco da gamaa

[@tomaseriksson7240]

@@dvaparovoza5706 Your reply is amusing and betrays a great sense of humour on your part! 😂

[@tomaseriksson7240]

@@dvaparovoza5706 You're still a great joker! 🤣Keep it coming!!!

[@Laughitupfuzzball439]

It’s no A340-600 but not far off

[@neunundfuenfzig]

More like -300

[@aerohk]

Why does the aircraft look so strange? It has a short and fat body of a 737 regional jet, but wing with 2 engines each of a 747 jambo jet.

[@Guccifer808]

Stolen design ... USSR style

[@vaffangool9196]

*Unlike the many flavours* of Boeing 737, the Ilyushin IL-96-300 is a twin-aisle long haul widebody. It has four engines because at the time it was designed, its Aviadvigatel PS-90 turbofans were prone to software bugs, fuel systems fires, and fan blade failures. *This particular airframe,* registry RA-96014, is eighteen years old and has changed ownership four times through three insolvent airlines into the hands of Rossiya Airlines' state-operated Special Flight Detachment.

[@antonivanov3142]

It is about a width of a340 and length of the shortened b747. Its prototype, Ilyushin 86 was longer. The issue was with the engines - nk86 of Il-86 were more powerful than ps90 of Il-96. Therefore the airframe was a bit squeezed to be lifted by 4 ps90 turbofans. Anyway il-96 had nothing to do with b737

[@charliechristmas5147]

It’s more based on the earlier A310 model , but with four engines. I like the aircraft but not the owner…

[@alexanderbelov6892]

It is comparable with Boeing 787/Airbus A330 in size.

[@redemption024]

“Flying Fortress” Plane lands in Russia: where’s the diplomats? Crew: dunno plane so big we lost them Probably somewhere over the Baltic Sea

[@Ozymandias1]

No he flew them to Nurembourgh to stand trial.

[@jakgats1411]

Tired old plane with raggedy looking engines

[@jefferystamaria4646]

Lucky diplomats not blasted out of the skies by rasPutin

[@jurgenschur9210]

The world is ill. Will we experience the end?

[@johnnybegood92]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾✊🏾

[@craigcutts7085]

Good ridence... don't come back 🇺🇦

[@samiaouaoui422]

very beautiful and powerful airplane. Now, it is time to Russia to focus on its own industry to construct airplanes and export them in the world.

[@herbertcourtesie2459]

Is this a joke?🤣

[@bigglesbiggles4999]

Really!!! ...why would anyone buy them ?...have you been out of touch with what is happening in the world? and particularly the Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@Idk-qs4nr]

Exactly

[@sc1338]

Russia can’t build anything anymore 😂

[@Idk-qs4nr]

@@sc1338 source: Trust me bro

[@markusdylewski7592]

Szpiedzy odlatuja.

[@rainerjadicke2064]

super

[@a.j.haverkamp4023]

They should have seized the plane, jut like Russia has stolen all the leased planes.

[@COSSIE1970]

The vodka burners rolling .

[@trs4714]

never come back!

[@eccosabanovic1589]

..if same thing is to be done for usa and generally, western governments, for atrocities they have done and still doing, whole world fleet would not be enough..

[@philbarrett2055]

Go away

[@tobysimonds2757]

God they must be so nervous flying in that shit, then they gotta face putin lol

[@NikanDragosysSerpenDra]

russia helped airbus creating the a330 - a340 program just look at this oldie

[@ВолодимирЄрмоленко-с1ь]

У рашці все пижжене... Літаки теж.

[@ericphillips2704]

Hope they don't make it.

[@peppapig9987]

Il-96 is back! The plane looks amazing. Only thing is, I hope I DON'T see it, as international flights to the USA means people in the USA want to go to russia. #SlavaUkraine

[@danieljulian4676]

The IL-96 looks like a pregnant A-340. Still, that's a nice catch for plane-spotters.

[@carbonfreeaudio9010]

"Председатель СК Александр Бастрыкин поручил изучить данные, озвученные в интервью В. Зеленского, опубликованном в одном из западных СМИ, о подготовке Украины к войне с Россией. Следствие проанализирует указанную публикацию и сопутствующие ей действия на предмет наличия в них признаков уголовно наказуемого деяния", - говорится в сообщении. В СК отметили, что при подтверждении этих сведений будет решаться вопрос о возбуждении уголовного дела по факту планирования и подготовки агрессивной войны. В интервью Зеленский рассказал о заблаговременной подготовке Украины к войне с Россией и достижении конкретных договоренностей с союзниками о финансовой помощи, поставках оружия и снаряжения."

[@alexvickery6153]

@@carbonfreeaudio9010 still hate Russia

[@carbonfreeaudio9010]

@@alexvickery6153 Yes, President Zelensky hates Russia, so he will be arrested

[@carbonfreeaudio9010]

Глава Минфина Франции Брюно Ле Мер заявил, что рассчитывает убедить партнеров в Европе ввести эмбарго на поставки российской нефти "Я надеюсь, что в предстоящие недели мы убедим наших европейских партнеров прекратить импорт российской нефти", - сказал Ле Мер. Он добавил, что за такую меру выступает президент Франции Эмманюэль Макрон.

[@richardmoloney689]

Bye bye Russia.

[@artnacer6543]

I like brussel airoport ❤❤