A fighter MIG-29 of Russia crashed today in the Mediterranean sea near the aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov”, deployed off the coast of syria, reported the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The pilot of the fighter plane MIG-29 is eyectó before the fighter plane crash in the water, so that his life is not in danger, said the Russian Defense Ministry, which confirmed that the accident was caused by a technical fault.
“During a training flight has occurred an accident with a hunting deck MiG-29 caused by a technical fault, a few kilometers from the aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov”, he said.
After the accident, the Russian group of the ships of war in the Mediterranean continued the activities scheduled pursuant to the plan, according to the agency, Russian news Sputnik.
military aircraft parked at the “Admiral Kuznetsov”, which reinforce the device Russia’s military in Syria, made flights almost daily, in order to practice and cooperate with the port sirius closer.
The aircraft carrier arrived in Syria in late October in the framework of the growing tensions between Russia and the West over the crisis in the arab country, where the war has caused more than 300 thousand people.
the mission of The carrier group near the coast of Syria-mark the biggest naval deployment, Russian since the soviet collapse and allows the Russian military to test their boats to fighters for the first time.
The aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” load with about 20 combat aircraft, which add up to about 30 fighter planes, which Russia has in the air base of Hemeimeem, in the coastal syrian province of Latakia.
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