Su-57 Fighter Jet Crashes During Factory Trials
One of Russia’s cutting-edge Su-57 fighter jets has crashed during routine factory test flights near the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aircraft plant in the Far East. The pilot ejected safely and was picked up by a Mi-8 rescue helicopter.
The aircraft involved in the incident belonged to the manufacturer and was undergoing a series of flight tests some 110 kilometers off Dzyomgi air base in Russia’s Khabarovsk region.
There were no casualties or major damage on the ground, the manufacturer confirmed, in a brief statement. The crashed jet’s black boxes were in the process of being recovered.
