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On detection of the place of landing the pilots got into an accident MiG-31, Interfax was informed in the press service and information of the Ministry of Defense.
Place of landing both pilots crashed MiG-31 found the crew of the Ilyushin -38 during a search and rescue operation. Pilots managed to find on the working emergency beacon.
«The crew of the Ilyushin-38 is visually recorded pilots, parachute and divorced signal fire,” – says in a statement the Ministry of Defense.
With the improvement of weather conditions pilots immediately evacuated helicopters search and rescue service, said the Defense Ministry.
Defense Ministry reported the disappearance of the interceptor in the Eastern Military District on Friday night. The aircraft returned to the airport based in the Kamchatka region after a planned training flight and disappeared from radar at 18:38 Moscow time.
Source RIA Novosti in the power structures suggested that the reason for absenteeism link fighter-interceptor MiG-31 in the Kamchatka region could become difficult weather conditions in the area of operations.
The lower edge of cloud cover was 100 meters, he said. According to the source, a pair of fighter jets flew from the airfield of the village Keys. “The plane disappeared from radar at a distance of 150 kilometers from the Keys” – he added.
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