Two Russian fighter jets collide mid-air, one pilot rescued
Moscow, Jan 18 (IBNS): Two Russian fighter jets collided mid-air in the Far East, media reports said on Friday.
Two Sukhoi Su-34 fighter bombers have collided in mid-air over the Strait of Tatary (or the Tatar Strait) in Russia’s Far Eastern Khabarovsk Region, a source in the regional law enforcement agencies told TASS on Friday.
"According to preliminary data, the accident occurred over the Tatar Strait. Two Su-34 jets vanished from radar screens close to the inhabited community of Nelma in the Sovetsko-Gavansky District. They presumably collided in mid-air," the source told the news agency.
A helicopter operated by the Russian Defense Ministry has rescued the co-pilot of the Sukhoi Su-34 aircraft, which crashed into the Sea of Japan, the Russian Defense Ministry told Tass.
"The helicopter pilots of the Eastern Military District have found the co-pilot. The helicopter hovered over the rescue raft at first attempt, and the pilot was picked up by the helicopter. His health condition is satisfactory," the ministry said.
Reports on the condition of the fate of the jets is still not clear.
It is still not known whether the other pilots have been rescued.
Rescue operation is still going on.
According to reports, bad weather is causing difficulties in the rescue operation.
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