In the Murmansk region, the MiG-25 Air Force Air Force crashed

The MiG-25 aircraft affected the Russian Air Force in the Murmansk region, Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky said on Wednesday.

The “MiG -25” accident occurred when performing training flights in the Monchegorsk aircraft. At 16:28 Moscow time on Wednesday. Pilot, Major Alexander Ryabov was ejected. The plane fell a few kilometers from the village of Nizhny Yut. There are no victims and destruction, ”Drobyshevsky said.

A special commission was created to investigate the incident, which will fly to the scene in the near future, Interfax reports.

At the same time, the regional service of the Ministry of Emergencies reported that during the take -off of the fighter, the engine was refused, the pilot managed to eject, and the plane fell into a small lake near Mount Nyud on the outskirts of Monchegorsk.

At the same time, fuel came to the ground, and there was a fire that, firefighters who arrived at the place of the tragedy and foresters managed to quickly extinguish, reports ITAR-TASS.

The pilot is alive and is currently at the command post of the regiment.