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Pilot dies after Russian fighter jet crashes in Moscow

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The Russian Defence Ministry has informed that its Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet has crashed outside Moscow killing the pilot aboard the plane.

Reports say the fighter jet was returning to its base when the incident occurred with the Defence Ministry saying the plane was not carrying any weapons and thus its crashing did not cause too much damage on the ground.

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A Defence Ministry commission was reported to be already working at the crash site to try to determine what happened.

The ministry would not give any more detail but two Russian state-owned news agencies quoted an industry source saying the jet belonged to one of the elite aerobatic squadrons, the Russkiye Vityazi (the Russian Knights).

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