The MiG-29 plane crashed during a scheduled training flight in the Astrakhan region.

This was reported by the press service of the Southern Military District.

“On August 18, 2021, a MiG-29 plane crashed during a scheduled flight in the Astrakhan region.

The plane crashed in a deserted place on the territory of the Ashuluk test site.

The flight was carried out without ammunition.

The pilot died, "- leads the text of the TASS message.

It is noted that a commission of the High Command of the Aerospace Forces was sent to the crash site to establish the causes of the fall.

A day earlier, the first sample of the Il-112V military transport aircraft crashed in the Moscow region.

Onboard there was a crew of three, commanded by the chief pilot of PJSC "Il", test pilot of the 1st class, Hero of Russia Nikolai Kuimov.

All three died in the accident.

According to investigators, the accident occurred during a plane flight from the Kubinka airfield to Zhukovsky in a forest belt near Nikolsky.

A few days before the emergency, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) reported that the first sample of the Il-112V flew from the Voronezh plant to the Zhukovsky airfield to participate in the Army-2021 forum.

On the record of the plane crash published on the network, it can be seen that before the fall, the car caught fire and tilted to the starboard side.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the crashed plane was in the register of experimental aviation, which is maintained by the department.

Also on russian.rt.com Flowers are being brought to the crash site of the IL-112V in the Moscow region

Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the families and friends of the pilots who died in the Il-112V crash.

The President called the crew of the military transport aircraft real heroes and professionals who made a huge contribution to the development of aviation.

Military aircraft accidents

At the end of July, the Khabarovsk Territory, the engine of the Su-35S aircraft failed.

At this time, the machine was performing a scheduled flight.

As a result of the incident, the aircraft fell in the waters of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk.

The pilot managed to eject, he was quickly found by the search group.

In March 2021, during an incident with an abnormal operation of the ejection system of the Tu-22M3 aircraft, three people died.

As told then in the Ministry of Defense, the incident took place on the ground.

So, due to the insufficient height for the deployment of parachutes, three crew members received injuries incompatible with life upon landing.

In October 2020, in the Khabarovsk Territory, a Su-34 plane crashed during a training flight, the pilots ejected.

They were evacuated to the home airfield.

Another similar incident occurred on September 22, 2020, when a Su-30 fighter crashed in the Tver region.

The pilots were also able to eject, after which they were sent to the home airfield.

The plane crashed in a wooded area.

In March 2020, a Su-27 plane crashed in the Black Sea.

The Ministry of Defense clarified that the aircraft gave an emergency signal 50 km from Feodosia.

In December 2019, a T-50 fighter crashed in the Khabarovsk Territory, 120 km from the Dzemgi airfield during a test flight.

This was the first production aircraft of this model, which was planned to be transferred to the Ministry of Defense.

The pilot ejected, there was no destruction on the ground due to the fall of the plane.

Earlier in the same month, an Il-78M-2 plane urgently landed in Zhukovsky near Moscow due to a failure of one of the engines.

No people were injured as a result of the incident.

In the Astrakhan region, Tu-22M3 also urgently sat down in December.

The cause was an engine failure.

At the same time, the pilots were able to take the aircraft away from the settlement and put it on the ground.

The pilots were able to leave the plane on their own, there was no destruction on the ground.

In September, the Su-25UB attack aircraft crashed in the Stavropol Territory during a scheduled training flight.

The plane crashed 20 km from the settlement, but the plane completely exploded on impact with the ground.

Both pilots were killed.

In January 2019, a disaster occurred in the Murmansk region with the participation of the Tu-22M3.

The bomber fell into a snow charge during a training flight, after which it crashed.

As a result of the accident, three crew members were killed: two at the time of the accident, another later died in the hospital.

Another man on board managed to survive - he was hospitalized in serious condition and later sent for treatment to Moscow.