Russian MiG-29 fighter jet crashes, two killed

MIG-29 fighters
© RIA Novosti. Vladimir Rodionov

18:31 23/06/2011

MOSCOW, June 23 (RIA Novosti) -

Two pilots were killed on Thursday when a Russian Air Force MiG-29 fighter jet crashed in the Astrakhan region on Thursday, law enforcement sources said.
“At 4.43 p.m. the aircraft went off the radar screens around 43 km from the town of Akhtubinsk in Astrakhan region,” the source said.
The crash site has been located and an Mi-8 rescue helicopter is on its way to the site.
Akhtubinsk is home to the Russian Air Force’s test and tactical evaluation center, but it is not yet known if the aircraft came from that base.

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