Both pilots have died
in the crash.
MOSCOW, May 3.
/TASS/. A Sukhoi-30SM jet of Russia’s Aerospace Force has crashed in the
Mediterranean killing both pilots, the Defense Ministry told the media on
Thursday.
"At 09:45 on May
3, a Russian Sukhoi-30SM fighter crashed in the Mediterranean during the climb
shortly after taking off from the Khmeimim airdrome. As follows from an onsite
report, both pilots tried to keep the plane under control till the last moment.
Both died," the Defense Ministry said.
According to
preliminary estimates, a bird hit the plane’s engine.
"There was no
fire impact on the plane," the Defense Ministry said.
Source: ITAR-TASS
03-05-2018
