RIA Novosti
Saturday 14th December, 2013
MOSCOW, December 14 (RIA Novosti) – Two Russian Air Force crew members ejected to safety when their MiG-31 interceptor crashed on Saturday in the Far Eastern Primorye region, local authorities said. The aircraft went down 26 kilometers from the Tsentralnaya Uglovaya airbase near Vladivostok, after taking off at 5:07 a.m. Moscow time from the Knevichy airfield. No-one on the ground was hurt. The authorities suspect the accident was caused by a technical problem, a source said. The aircraft had just been overhauled, according to one source. The MiG-31 is the fastest aircraft in operati…
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