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Collision between two Russian Su-27 fighters, one pilot killed
Moscow, Russia - Also five civilians on the ground involved in the accident
The pilot of a Suhkoi Su-27UB Flanker fighter jet of the Russian display team "Russian Knights" died yesterday following the mid air collision between his two-seat aircraft and another single-seat Su-27. All three pilots ejected, but while two of them survived even if in serious conditions, colonel Igor Tkachenko, 45-year-old commander of the team, died: according to some witnesses his parachute would...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1108265
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency