Russian MiG-29 crashes
Baku, July 27 (AZERTAC). A Russian Air Force MiG-29 fighter has crashed near Astrakhan, killing the pilot.
According to reports, the crash was caused by the failure of aviation equipment.
Officials told Russian media that the plane fell 30 km south of the Privolzhsky airport in the Astrakhan region in an area where there were no homes.
There are no reports of casualties other than the pilot in the crash.
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