A Russian Air Force MiG-29 fighter crashed on Thursday near Chita, in Siberia, the Defense Ministry said. “The plane crashed near Domna airport, 27 kilometers from Chita,” RIA NOVOSTI quoted ministry spokesman Col. Igor Konashenkov as saying . The pilot’s body was found by a rescue team, he said, adding that a Defense Ministry commission is on its way to the scene to establish the causes of the crash. According to first reports, the plane crashed into a hill. All MiG-29s have been grounded pending investigation into the causes of the crash, Konashenkov said. The MiG-29 is a multirole fourth-generation fighter. At present there are 270 MiG-29s in the Russian Air Force and 40 in the Navy.
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