Became known the third version of the crash of “Progress” – Komsomolskaya Pravda

Falling of the space truck “Progress MC-04″ could be provoked by the separation of one stage of the carrier rocket “Union”. This was announced at the launch site.

Separated, tier could crash into the ship, is, according to the new version and caused the accident.

“After separation of the spacecraft from the third stage of the rocket its engine for an unknown reason, was not disconnected and continued to work. In the result the third stage hit the ship and critically damaged its propulsion system”, – quotes Interfax the statement of the source.

The “Roscosmos” not yet confirmed the extended version.

as a possible reason for the fall of “Progress” was also considered negligence during Assembly of the engine of the third stage and technical problems directly with the engine.

Recall, launched on 1 December from Baikonur space truck crashed and fell into Tuva. The causes of the incident are still being clarified.