The Su-27 fighter aircraft of the 'Russian Knights' aerobatic team crashed in the Moscow Region earlier this week as the pilot had a stroke, a source in the commission investigating the causes of the accident has told Tass.
Russia grounds all Sukhoi-27 fighters until causes of air crash near Moscow are clear
"According to preliminary data, the cause of the plane’s crash was a stroke that the pilot suffered during the flight," Tass cites the source.
The Su-27 fighter jet crashed in the Pushkinsky district of the Moscow Region on Thursday. The aircraft was coming back to an airfield after taking part in a ceremony of opening a monument to aviators in Ashukino near Pushkino, to the northeast of Moscow.
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