The MiG-31 fighter crashed in Buryatia

In Buryatia, the MiG-31 fighter crashed in the area of ​​the test training ground. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the Ministry of Defense.

"On April 26, at 12:05 MSC, when performing a planned training flight in the area of ​​the Telembba (the Republic of Buryatia), the MiG -31 Eastern Military District fighter was accidentally affected," the Ministry of Defense said.

There were two pilots on the plane. According to the military department, both pilots were baptized, they were evacuated from the place of fall, there is no threat to their life. According to the source in emergency services, "both parachutes of the pilots opened, they landed."

It is reported that the fighter fell at the training ground in a deserted place. There are no victims and destruction on Earth.

Nothing has been reported about the reasons for the crash.

MiG-31 is a double supersonic all-weather fighter-interceptor of a long-range radius of action. Designed in the 1970s, adopted in 1981. The first Soviet fourth combat aircraft. The MiG-31 is designed to intercept and destroy air goals at any heights, including extremely small ones, when the enemy uses active and passive radar interference, as well as false thermal targets. A group of four MiG-31 aircraft is able to control the airspace with a length of the front up to 1100 km.

On September 9, 2016, the Su-27 fighter crashed in the Pushkin district of the Moscow Region. The aircraft entered the aerobatic group "Russian Knights". The pilot died.