The Pilots Who Flew Into the Chernobyl Core

Dec 23, 2025
When the Chernobyl reactor exploded, radiation was so deadly it could kill in minutes. Yet one pilot was ordered to fly directly over the burning nuclear core and drop a massive probe with impossible precision. Battling violent updrafts, failing electronics, and lethal gamma rays, he risked everything to stop an even greater catastrophe, all the while exposing himself to deadly levels of radiation. This is the true story of the pilots who flew into the heart of Chernobyl, and paid the price.

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