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Monday, August 17, 2009

Fighter jets collide before Moscow air show


Two Su-27 fighter jets of the “Russian Knights” aerobatics team have crashed during a final rehearsal ahead of the MAKS 2009 Air Show in the Moscow region. The squadron leader died in the collision.

A single-seat fighter jet SU-27 and a two-seater Su-27UB combat trainer were performing a flight in preparation for MAKS 2009 –Russia’s biggest aviation show – in the town of Zhukovsky.

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