“Russkiye Witazi” during the parade May 9, 2015 in Moscow Photo: PAP / EPA / MAXIM SHIPENKOV
at the Moscow crashed on Thursday fighter Su-27 belonging to the Russian air force; pilot killed – informed the Ministry of Defence of Russia.
The source added that the plane crashed near the village Muranowo. Informants Russian news agency passed that the basic versions of the causes of the disaster are considered an error in piloting and engine failure.
The machine fell in a wooded area, where there are no residential houses. There was no explosion.
The elite pilot group “Russkiye Witiazi” ( “Russian Witezie”) was established in April 1991. Its aircraft are painted in the colors of the national flag of Russia.
In 2009, two Su-27 belonging to the group collided in the air over the Ramenskoye airport, 40 kilometers southeast of Moscow. Pilots managed to catapult itself, but one of them survived the crash. The collision took place during ćwiczebnego flight “Russian Witezi” with another famous group of senior pilot – “Striżi” ( “Swifts”).
PAP / agkm
TASS: video of the crash site
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