The servicemen failed
to get rid of a parachute harness after landing into the water.
SIMFEROPOL, June 26.
/TASS/. Two paratroopers drowned during an exercise in Crimea when they landed
into the water after parachute jumping, the Southern Military District’s press
service has told reporters.
The exercises were
carried out on Wednesday at the Stary Krym testing range. "Two contract
servicemen of a military unit of Russia’s Airborne Troops deployed to Crimea
landed into the water and failed to get rid of a parachute harness," the
press service said. The rescue service tried to take steps to rescue them, but
the servicemen drowned.
The law enforcement
agencies together with a commission of the Airborne Troops’ command will
investigate the causes of the incident.
Source: ITAR-TASS
26-06-2019
