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Moscow confirms MIG-29K aircraft crash

Moscow, Russia - The airplane would be fallen into the Mediterranean Sea

The Defence Ministry of Moscow confirmed that has "happened a crash" into the East Mediterranean to a Russian fighter plane boarded on an "Adm. Kuznetsov" class aircraft carrier. The pilot ejected and saved. The plane, a MIG-29K multirole fighter, took off from the carrier and was bound for Syria.

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Rome, Italy, 11/15/2016 10:35
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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