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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Pilots survive Sukhoi bomber crash in Russia

Su-24M2 (Fencer D) |Two pilots in Russia escaped death Tuesday when their Sukhoi jet crashed but both of them ejected safely.

The defence ministry said a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer fighter-bomber crashed during a training flight in the Chelyabinsk region when its nose cone came off.

“After an unsuccessful attempt to make an emergency landing, the pilots decided to steer the falling aircraft away from populated areas and ejected safely,” the ministry said in a statement.

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