Two military planes collide in Rostov region

[Cheetah786]

MOSCOW, March 21 (Itar-Tass) --Two MiG-29 fighter planes collided in the sky during a training flight in the southern Rostov region on Wednesday.

”The incident happened at 16:02 Moscow time during training flights from the Millerovo airfield. The pilots ejected themselves from the aircraft,” Air Force spokesman, Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky told. He added, that there were no weapons aboard the planes.

“The pilots have been picked up by search and rescue teams who were working aboard two Mi-8 helicopters. The pilots are on their way to the departure point, 40 kilometres from the place of the crash,” he said.

According to Drobyshevsky, “There are no casualties or damage on the ground as a result of the crash.”

He said “a commission has been set up to investigate the causes that led to the collision of the two planes.”

The military prosecutor’s office of the North Caucasus Military District has begun a probe into the incident. A group of investigators is working at the scene of the crash.

“A criminal case was opened for a breach of flying rules or other rules of operation of military aircraft, a prosecutor said.

MiG-29 is considered to be one of the best forth-generation jet fighter planes.
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[Neo]

Damn...whats happening?
Yesterday a hornet was lost in the Persian Gulf...

 

[PakSniper]

Damn...whats happening?
Yesterday a hornet was lost in the Persian Gulf...

A hornet? Can you provide a link as to why it was lost.

 

[Neo]

Jet from USS John C. Stennis crashes

11:37 AM PDT on Tuesday, March 20, 2007

KING Staff and Associated Press

PERSIAN GULF - A U.S. Marine fighter pilot ejected from his aircraft over the north Arabian Sea on Tuesday and was rescued after parachuting into the water, the Navy said.

The pilot was flying a single-seat F/A-18 based aboard the Bremerton based aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis when he ejected from his fighter Tuesday afternoon. The plane crashed into the sea, the Navy said in an announcement. It did not explain the circumstances of the incident.

The plane was not shot down, Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Brown said from the 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain. The carrier has been operating off the southern coast of Iran and Pakistan.

The pilot, who was not named, was picked up by a search and rescue helicopter about 15 minutes after he ejected, the Navy said. The pilot was undergoing a medical check, but seemed in good condition, the Navy said.

The pilot is a member of Stennis-based Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, currently flying

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