August 27, 2023 Military Aviation News

Michigan air show crash report suggests pilot, backseater out of sync on whether to eject

08/27/2023

The pilot of the Russian-made fighter jet that crashed earlier this month during the Thunder Over Michigan air show in Belleville was trying to land the plane while the backseater acknowledged to investigators he likely pulled the ejection handles for both of them, a preliminary investigation found.

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Two Ukrainian Combat Planes Collide West Of Kyiv, Killing Three Pilots

08/27/2023

Two Ukrainian aircraft collided in midair while on a training mission over Ukraine’s Zhytomyr region, killing three pilots, the State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) said on August 26. The DBR said the two L-39 aircraft collided on August 25 in the sky over the region west of Kyiv.

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