Ukrainian fighter pilot dies in crash: Army

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Ukrainian fighter pilot dies in crash: Army

Kyiv - His jet crashed while coming in to land.

By AFP

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Published: Sat 15 Dec 2018, 5:54 PM

Last updated: Sat 15 Dec 2018, 7:58 PM

A Ukrainian fighter pilot died when his plane crashed during a training flight, the army said Saturday in what was the second such death in two months.
The Sukhoi-27 crashed on Saturday while coming in to land in the northern Zhytomyr region at around 1300 GMT, the army's central command said.
On October 16, a Ukrainian and a US pilot died when their Su-27 crashed during the Clear Sky 2018 military exercises involving eight NATO countries.  


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