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The Russian MiG-31 crashed
As it was stated, the aircraft crashed during the training flight.
The crew catapulted and three Mi-8 helicopters were sent in search, reports the TASS agency.
The plane crashed in an uninhabited area and no damage was caused to the ground, the press service added.
According to preliminary information, the cause of the accident could be a technical malfunction.
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Body parts found at Indonesian plane crash site
Divers pulled body parts, wreckage and clothing from waters off Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Jan. 10, as the military located a signal it hoped would lead to the wreckage of a jet that crashed with 62 people on board.
The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 plunged into a steep dive about four minutes after it left Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Jakarta on Jan. 9 afternoon.
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Second Black Box From Indonesia Plane Crash Found
Indonesia has found the cockpit voice recorder from a Lion Air plane more than two months after the Boeing Co 737 MAX jet crashed into the sea near Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board, search officials have said, quoted by Reuters.
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Air Asia crash that killed 162 passengers was the result of pilots turning off auto-pilot
The Air Asia passenger flight QZ8501 that crashed in bad weather on December 28 during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore was found to have been triggered by a faulty computer that led the crew to accidently turn off the jet’s autopilot system. As a result, the pilots lost control of the aircraft as it plunged into the Java Sea.
Crashed Indonesian plane found 'destroyed', no survivors
A plane that crashed in eastern Indonesia was on August 18 found "completely destroyed" with the bodies of all 54 people who had been aboard amid the wreckage in a fire-blackened clearing at a remote site in dense jungle.
Hopes fade of finding more AirAsia crash victims
Hopes faded Jan. 28 of finding 92 victims still missing from an AirAsia plane crash as Indonesian search and rescue authorities said the remaining bodies could have been swept away or lost on the seabed.
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Divers find bodies belted in seats near AirAsia fuselage
Indonesian divers Jan. 22 recovered six bodies, some still belted into their seats, near the main section of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month, but failed again to reach the fuselage.
AirAsia jet's alarms 'screaming' before crash: investigator
Warning alarms in AirAsia flight QZ8501 were "screaming" as the pilots desperately tried to stabilise the plane just before it plunged into the Java Sea last month, a crash investigator said Jan. 21.
AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Crashed Due to Ascending Too Fast
Indonesia's Transport Minister Ignasius Jonan announced on Tuesday that the crashed AirAsia plane climbed too fast before stalling.
According to Jonan, the jet ascended at a speed of 1828 metres per minute, which neither a passenger nor a military plane would attempt to climb so fast, the BBC reports.
Divers recover AirAsia cockpit voice recorder
Indonesian divers on Jan. 13 retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from beneath the wreckage of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea as the airline's boss vowed to overcome the "toughest times" he has known.
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