In the suburbs, a prototype of the MiG-29 Kub deck fighter crashed

Not far from the village of Samodurovo, Voskresensky district of the Moscow Region, a prototype of the MiG-29kub deck fighter deck, Interfax reports . The pilots managed to eject. One of the pilots was hospitalized, the second was not injured. The plane fell in the field, there are no victims on the ground.

The plane performed a planned test flight. According to preliminary data, when returning to the airfield, there was a refusal of aviation equipment.

By decision of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, a commission will be created to investigate the causes of the accident, said Gromov General Pavel Vlasov. According to him, the commission will include specialists of the MiG Russian aircraft -building corporation, which belonged to a crashed plane.

"In the suburbs, an experimental vehicle belonging to the aircraft industry broke out. There are no this type of aircraft in Russia. Therefore, their flights will not be suspended," the Air Force chief of charge said.

MiG-29K and MiG-29 Kub (training double modification) naval fighters are multifunctional generation aircraft "4 ++". Their task includes air -air and anti -ship defense of the joints of the ships, striking on ground objects. The MiG-29K can be based on aircraft carrier ships equipped with a run of a springboard and a landing aerofinisher, as well as at terrestrial airfields.

The first flight of an experimental MiG-29 Kub fighter took place in January 2007. Since 2009, RSK "MiG" has been supplying MiG-29K/cube of the India Navy. The first flight of the MiG-29K/cube serial fighter, built on a state defense order, took place in October 2013. The state tests of the aircraft are currently ongoing.

This is the second disaster MiG-29 Kub. On June 23, 2011, in the area of ​​Kabanovsky farm in the Astrakhan region , the plane of this modification crashed when performing a complex aerobatics during a test flight. Both pilots died.