$50 million Russian Su-30 fighter jet unintentionally SHOT DOWN throughout army drills, however pilots survive, studies say (VIDEO)

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A Su-30 fighter jet that crashed in central Russia might need been unintentionally shot down by one other jet throughout army drills, native media has reported. Each pilots managed to eject safely, however the plane was destroyed.

The aircraft, which value some $ 50 million again in 2012, got here down in a wooded space in Russia’s central Tver Area on Tuesday. The 2 pilots survived the crash and have been evacuated. They have been in a “passable” situation after the incident, the press service for Russia’s Western Army District defined.

Whereas the army remained tight-lipped on the causes of the crash, a number of media studies urged on Tuesday that the jet was probably shot down. Preliminary findings point out the machine was hit throughout a army train by one other plane, an nameless supply with the Tver Area’s emergency providers instructed Moscow’s TASS information company.

The Kommersant enterprise each day supplied additional particulars, reporting that the jet was hit by an autocannon shell shot by its extra fashionable cousin – an Su-35 multirole fighter. Whereas the planes don’t normally carry any ammunition or missiles throughout simulated dogfights, this time, the plane allegedly had its autocannon loaded. The shell reportedly struck the Su-30 jet in its tail part.

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Drone footage posted from the scene exhibits what stays of the jet’s carcass scattered in a forest, the plane having largely disintegrated on affect.

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