Russian MiG-29 Aircraft Crashes Outside Moscow: Reports

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12:17 PM, December 4, 2014
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A Russian MiG-29 Fulcrum trainer jet has crashed outside Moscow and both pilots survived, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday.

“A MiG-29 jet fighter crashed near the settlement of Chemodurovo in the Voskresensky region. Both pilots have been hospitalized,” a source was quoted as saying.

The fighter was completely destroyed and there was no damage to structures in the area, the source added.

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