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Article: Russian Air Force grounds MiG-29 fleet.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- May 13, 2005
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Moscow, May 13 (PTI) The Russian Air Force has grounded its MiG-29 fleet till the end of the probe into Thursday's crash of one of the fighters at Andreapol base near here.
"It's a normal practice to ground the fleet of similar planes or helicopters after a crash. The flight recorders of the ill-fated MiG-29 fighter have been recovered and their decoding could take 10-14 days. During this period rest of such planes with the airforce would remain ...