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SU-25 "Frogfoot" fighter airplane crashes in Russia: one dead

Budennovsk, Russia - It seems due to a technical failure, returning from an exercise

A Sukhoi Su-25 airplane of the Russian Air Force crashed yesterday evening in the Stavropol region, near to the airfield of Budennovsk from which it was taken off, while the fighter was approaching to the landing phase. The crash seems caused by a technical failure while the plane was returning from a drill. The pilot, the only occupant, dead on impact. The SU-25 "Frogfoot" is at ground attack airplane...

fra/pec - 1173586
Rome, Italy, 03/01/2016 15:04
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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