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The MiG-29 fighter crashed in the Krasnodar Territory
In the Krasnodar Territory, in the area of the Kushchevskaya airfield, during a planned educational flight flight, the MiG-29 fighter was an accident, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Defense. The pilot ejected and was evacuated by a team of ground -based search services.
The cause of the MiG-29 accident was a fire on board the aircraft, a source in the power structures of the region told the agency.
“When performing a flight in the airfield area, a fire on board the aircraft occurred. The pilot immediately reported this to the ground. The flight manager confirmed that the plane of smoke stretches behind the aircraft and gave the command to catapult,” the agency’s interlocutor said. According to him, the plane fell in a deserted place, the pilot was not injured during catapulting. The flight was performed without ammunition.
"By the decision of the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, the MiG-29 flights were suspended until the causes of the accident are clarified. To investigate the causes of the aircraft, the commission of the Ministry of Defense was deprived of the accident,-the agency quotes the press service and information of the military department quoted.-on the report from the scene of the incident, the possible cause of the MiG-29 accident, which fell 8 km from the aerodrome, became a technical The malfunction of one of the engines. "
MiG -29 is a light front -line fighter, which has been in service since 1977 and is exported to many countries.
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