According to the source, the pilot was killed in the
crash.
MOSCOW, June 9. /TASS/. A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft of the Russian Knights aerobatic team has crashed in the Moscow Region and the pilot has been killed, sources in the law enforcement agencies told TASS on Thursday.
"The
aircraft that crashed today near the village of Muranovo [Pushkinsky district]
was part of the Russian Knights aerobatic team of Russia’s Aerospace Forces.
Its pilot is dead," a source said.
Earlier reports said that the crashed aircraft was a
Mikoyan MiG-29 belonging to an industrial enterprise. The MiG aircraft
corporation later told TASS the planes of this type did not perform any flights
on Thursday.
Piloting error and engine failure are considered as the
main causes of the crash, the source told TASS.
The warplane crashed in the forest some 2 kilometers
(1.2 miles) from the village of Muranovo. There are no houses nearby and the
crash did not result in an explosion.
Earlier in the day, a ceremony was held to open a
monument to aviators in Ashukino, located near Muranovo. The planes of the
Russian Knights aerobatic team flew above Ashukino as part of the event,
attended by Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov and Commander-in-Chief
of the Russian Air Force Viktor Bondarev.
Source: ITAR-TASS 09-06-2016
