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Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Russian air force suspends Su-25 flights


The Russian air force has suspended all operations by Sukhoi Su-25 attack aircraft, following the fatal crash of an Su-25 near Bryansk, in western Russia on 28 June, says Russian air force assistant commander-in-chief Col Alexander Drobyshevsky.

"Commander-in-chief Gen Vladimir Mikhailov decided to suspend Su-25 flights, until the crash in the Bryansk region has been investigated," Drobyshevsky says.

The Su-25 pilot, Lt Col Andrei Vakhovsky, a deputy regiment commanding officer, with 2,000 flight hours, reported that he felt unwell and stopped responding to ground controllers immediately before the accident, Drobyshevsky says.

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