The Russian-made MiG-29 fighter plane crashes into Egypt

KAIRO, KOMPAS.com – A fighter made in Russia, the MiG-29, fell on Saturday on a training flight in Egypt (11/11/2018). There was no death in the accident.

Start from Middle East Monitoringthe fighter plane belongs to the Egyptian army, which was bought from Russia.

According to the Egyptian army, the plane crashed because of a technical error in the control system. The pilot of the aircraft would have managed to get out safely before the fighter plane fell to the ground.

"The fighter aircraft crashed while he was doing a training flight on one of the training sites because of the technical damage suffered by the system The pilot is safely thrown in, "said the spokesman of the Egyptian army in a statement.

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United Aircraft Corporation, a Russian state-owned aircraft manufacturer, has confirmed the incident and will immediately send expert technicians to badist the investigation process in Egypt.

"We have received information about the fall of the Egyptian MiG-29 army.Our expert technicians will soon be traveling to Egypt to participate in the investigation," said the company in a statement quoted by the government as saying. ;Press Agency. RIASaturday (11/11/2018).

Reported by Russian newspapers, Kommersantthe falling jet is a MiG-29 fighter jet sent to Egypt under a commercial contract in 2018.

Russia has previously approved the shipment of 46 MiG-29 fighter aircraft under an agreement signed in 2015.

The fall of MiG-29 in Egypt occurred just a month after the crash of a similar fighter plane in a forest near Moscow during flight training. There is no known cause of the accident of the plane.

The MiG-29, or registered under the name Fulcrum by NATO, is a fourth-generation multi-purpose fighter aircraft developed by the MiG office in Russia.

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