Pilot Dies in MiG-29 Fighter Jet Crash in Southern Russia: RIA

A Russian MiG-29 plane flies during a celebration marking the Russian air force’s 100th anniversary in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia on Aug. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

MOSCOW—A Russian pilot has died on Wednesday following the crash of an MiG-29 fighter jet in the Astrakhan region in southern Russia, RIA news agency reported citing the defence ministry.

It said the jet was on a routine mission when it crashed on the Ashuluk training ground. The reason behind the incident is being investigated, it said.

It is the second deadly incident in as many days involving Russian military aircraft. A prototype Ilyushin Il-112V military transport plane with three people on board crashed during a test flight in the Moscow region on Tuesday.

By Vladimir Soldatkin

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