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Russian Su-30 Fighter Jet Crashes in Crimea During Training
The Defense Ministry said both crew members ejected safely and the jet was unarmed as investigators reviewed the cause.
- On Friday, a Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet of the Russian Aerospace Force crashed in Crimea during a routine training flight, according to media reports.
- Both pilots ejected safely from the unarmed aircraft, with The Russian Defense Ministry confirming there was no threat to the crew's lives.
- This marks the second military plane crash in the Black Sea peninsula this week, following Tuesday's Antonov An-26 transport crash near Sevastopol.
- The An-26 crashed into a cliff, killing 29 people, including 23 passengers and seven crew members aboard the transport plane.
- Lieutenant General Alexander Otroshchenko, who headed the mixed aviation corps of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet, was reportedly among those killed in Tuesday's crash.
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A multifunctional plane with two Flanker-H locations, derived from the Su-27 Air Force Flyer aircraft, landed in Crimea occupied during a training flight.
Crimean air crash: a Su-30 fighter plane crashed during a training flight, without causing any casualties. It is the third loss of Russian aircraft in a few days, a sign of a persistent black series.
A Russian fighter aircraft, which was conducting a training flight, crashed this Friday in Crimea. On Tuesday, a first Russian military aircraft had suffered a crash in the same area.
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