Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 Jet Crashes During Training Flight, Pilot Dead

  11 November 2015    Read: 1014
Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 Jet Crashes During Training Flight, Pilot Dead
A Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 jet crashed while completing a planned training flight on Wednesday.
The pilot of Su-25 Frogfoot air support jet from the Ukrainian Air Forces died after the aircraft crashed during exercises in the Zaporizhia region, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

“Today, on November 11 at approximately 10:00 a.m. [08:00 GMT], a Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 jet crashed while completing a planned training flight. The tragedy happened 40 kilometers [25 miles] to the north of Zaporizhia. The pilot, born in 1992, died, none of the local residents was injured. A search and rescue team is operating at the site of the tragedy,” the Defense Ministry said on its website.

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