Just when Gagarin was full of confidence in the future, disaster happened. 1on March 27th, 968, he and flight instructor Serekin were in yury alekseyevich gagarin.
During the training flight, he died in a two-seater jet crash. On the day of the disaster, Gagarin was scheduled to fly the MIG-15 fighter trainer twice for half an hour each time. 10, the plane 19 takes off. 10: 30, Gagarin reported the airspace operation to the flight commander, requesting permission to take the heading 320 to return. After that, the radio communication was suddenly interrupted. 1 minute later, the plane crashed to the ground. 00, the government set up an accident investigation committee. After careful analysis and research, it is considered that "1March 27, 968, the preparation for aircraft flight was carried out in full accordance with the requirements of the existing technical operating procedures." The investigation Committee found out the situation when the plane collided with the ground. At that time, the plane was flying in the airspace of two layers of clouds and could not see the horizon. When I return home, I should turn from heading 70 to heading 320, and then something must have happened, which made the plane in a critical state. The plane flew out of the low-altitude clouds, and the inclination of its flight path reached 70-90 degrees. The plane swooped almost vertically. Gagarin worked closely with another pilot to get the plane out of the dive. But at that time, the flying height was only 250-300 meters, and the time was only 2 seconds. They failed. Gagarin, who was only 34 years old, died like this, so that people didn't believe that he was really dead. 00, emergency equipment out of control, leading to accidents.