During a training flight, a Russian pilot was killed in the crash of his Su-25 fighter jet, local authorities announced Monday. He was flying over the Sea of Azov in southwestern Russia,
“I express my condolences to the relatives of the man who died in the crash of an Su-25 attack aircraft during a training flight,” Roman Boublik, head of the Yeisky district in the Krasnodar region, where the crash occurred, said on Telegram. . occurred.
According to him, the accident occurred around 3:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. in France, editor’s note) near the coast. Roman Boublik had initially claimed that the pilot had ejected and been evacuated by rescuers.
The plane plunged into the water.
A video broadcast by the Russian outlet Baza shows a device diving into the water before crashing there, the pilot being thrown out of the plane with a parachute, under the stupefied screams of the vacationers.
This region, close to the occupied territories of Ukraine and Crimea, already experienced a serious military plane crash in October 2022.
Fifteen people have died after an Su-34 fighter jet crashed during a training flight in the city of Yeisk. The device, filled with fuel, embedded itself in a buildings bar before catching fire, setting the building on fire.
Source: BFM TV
