https://phys.org/news/2018-10-russia-blames-rocket-failure-technical.html

Roscosmos' executive director Sergei Krikalyov said Wednesday the probe found that a malfunction of a sensor which signals the jettisoning one of the rocket's four side boosters caused the booster to collide with the second stage of the rocket.

                                                            
                                    
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