A MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor has crashed within the Primorsky Area, in response to the press workplace of Russia’s Japanese Army District.
Two pilots ejected safely from a Russian MiG-31 Foxhound plane earlier than it crashed Friday within the Russian Far East, safety officers mentioned.
“On December 2, a MiG-31 plane crashed throughout a routine coaching flight. The crew ejected itself,” the press workplace mentioned in a press release.
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Rescue helicopters have been despatched to the crash web site, the press workplace added.
“The plane performed its flight with out an ammunition load. It crashed in a desolate place and there’s no destruction on the bottom. In response to preliminary data, a technical fault may have prompted the crash,” it mentioned.
The MiG-31 interceptor, first produced in 1979, is predicated on the MiG-25, which it changed. It’s a two-seat, long-range fighter for interception and destruction of cruise missiles, low-flying satellites and different aerial targets. It has a most pace of 1,860 miles per hour at excessive altitude and about 960 mph at low altitude.