According to RIA Novosti, he wrote about this in his Telegram.
“Tomorrow we are seeing off on their last journey the pilots of the military transport aviation division who died in the Ryazan region during the execution of a special mission.
They left like real men, fighting until the last minute for the lives of civilians and their comrades,” he said.
Pasler added that the crew of the plane steered the burning ship away from residential buildings and made a hard landing in an open area.
“Unfortunately, four pilots died, one soldier died in the hospital.
Doctors are now fighting for the lives of four more.
Blessed memory of the heroes!
They fulfilled their military duty to the end and will forever remain in our memory,” the governor wrote.
At the same time, the agency notes that the government of the Orenburg region specified that a farewell to four pilots would take place in Orenburg on June 26, but only two of them would be buried in the city, the other two would be taken to other regions for burial.
On June 24, in Ryazan, an Il-76 military transport aircraft crashed during a training flight.
The crew noticed an engine malfunction and decided to land on the ground.