“Y”: The responsibility for the accident “Proton” can bear the chief designer of KB “Khimavtomatika” – BBC

The responsibility for the crash rocket “Proton-M” in the first place may be attributed to the general director of Chemical Automatics Design Bureau (KBKhA) Vladimir Rachuk, the newspaper «Kommersant» with the reference sources at the space agency Roskosmos.

«At the enterprise it is necessary to change much, but it will be entrusted to another person,” – noted in the department.

In February, against Vladimir Rachuk was raised case under article “Abuse of authority».

Previous in Roskosmos said the engine “Proton” refused due to overheating and imbalances.

KBKhA is one of the branches of the State Research and Production Space Center (Khrunichev) and Khrunichev is developing and production of missile engines.