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Article: Russian fighter jet crashes, crew safe
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- July 27, 2006
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Russian fighter jet crashes, crew safe
MOSCOW, July 27 (Xinhua) -- A Russian fighter jet crashed during a
routine flight on Thursday but its two pilots ejected safely before
it went down, an Air Force spokesman said.
The MiG-29UB fighter of the Air Force's Strizhi aerobatic team
crashed shortly after takeoff in the Ural Mountains region of Perm at
3:16 p.m. (1116 GMT) shortly after takeoff, Air Force spokesman Lt.
Col. ...