Two pilots killed in Ukraine fighter jet crash during military exercises with US
17 Oct 2018 / 00:01 H.
A Sukhoi Su-27SKM multirole fighter.
KIEV: Ukraine's General Staff said Tuesday that two pilots died when a Sukhoi fighter jet crashed during large-scale military exercises with the United States and other Nato countries.
"A Sukhoi-27 plane crashed at around 5pm local time (1400 GMT, 10pm Malaysia) during a training flight," the General Staff said on its Facebook page, adding that "the bodies of the two pilots have been found." — AFP