Impala
06-09-05, 11:40
MOSCOW, Sept. 5 -- A Russian Su-33 fighter belonging to the North Fleet
crashed into the sea during maneuvers in the North Atlantic region on
Monday, but no casualty was reported, theInterfax news agency quoted a navy
spokesman as saying.
"An accident occurred aboard the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in
the course of routine missions at 16:27 Moscow time (1227GMT) on Sept. 5.
The pilot ejected himself from the aircraft,"Captain Igor Dygalo said.
The pilot is alive and in good condition well, but the plane slid off
the vessel's flight deck and fell into the bottom of the sea, Dygalo said.
When the accident occurred, the brake cable tore off, and the "plane
rolled several meters along the deck and fell overboard. It sank to a depth
of 1,100 meters," he added.
Five minutes later, a Ka-27PS helicopter took off from the aircraft
carrier's deck and airlifted the pilot "back to the ship," the spokesman
said.
There were no weapons or ammunition aboard the sunken plane, Dygalo
said. Enditem
crashed into the sea during maneuvers in the North Atlantic region on
Monday, but no casualty was reported, theInterfax news agency quoted a navy
spokesman as saying.
"An accident occurred aboard the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in
the course of routine missions at 16:27 Moscow time (1227GMT) on Sept. 5.
The pilot ejected himself from the aircraft,"Captain Igor Dygalo said.
The pilot is alive and in good condition well, but the plane slid off
the vessel's flight deck and fell into the bottom of the sea, Dygalo said.
When the accident occurred, the brake cable tore off, and the "plane
rolled several meters along the deck and fell overboard. It sank to a depth
of 1,100 meters," he added.
Five minutes later, a Ka-27PS helicopter took off from the aircraft
carrier's deck and airlifted the pilot "back to the ship," the spokesman
said.
There were no weapons or ammunition aboard the sunken plane, Dygalo
said. Enditem