China News Agency, Moscow, October 9 (Reporter Tian Bing) The Southern Military District of Russia issued a press announcement on the 9th saying that a Su-24 fighter plane crashed in Rostov Oblast in western Russia during a flight training mission that day.
The announcement stated that the accident occurred when the fighter plane was landing, and the pilot successfully ejected to escape and was sent to the flight base by search and rescue personnel. He is currently in good health.
The fighter jet crashed in an unmanned place and caused no ground damage.
The fighter was not loaded with ammunition during flight training.
According to preliminary information, the cause of the crash of the fighter jet may have been a technical malfunction.
The Su-24 fighter is an all-weather supersonic two-seat two-engine variable-sweep-wing fighter-bomber. It is one of the main fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
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