Experts of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) found cause of the incident, which occurred in early June in Zhukovsky, where lit promising aviation complex tactical aircraft (PAK FA). In an interview with Itar-Tass said the head of the directorate of military programs KLA Vladimir Mikhailov.
"The reasons are already known, but the commission has not yet completed its work, and to call them is premature. Now experts are working on the identification of possible sources of these reasons," - said Mikhailov.
He stressed that the incident will not affect the overall time for testing the PAK FA program. According to Mikhailov, the amount of damage is not yet specified, and the data and findings of the investigation will be made public later.
"Today, I can only say that the fighter will be fully restored. Scope of the tests, which was planned for the aircraft, will be reallocated to other machines, and connect to the restored fighter tests later," - said the head of the directorate of military programs KLA.