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On the evening of March 28, a Russian military aircraft crashed into the Black Sea near Sevastopol. The local authorities confirmed the incident.
According to preliminary reported, the aircraft in question was a fighter jet of the Russian Aerospace Forces, likely Su-35S.
The pilot ejected. He was taken from water by rescuers 200 meters from the shore. He is alive and his life is not in danger.
The governor of Sevastopol confirmed the crash and reported that there was no damage to the city infrastructure.
‘A military plane crashed into the sea. I see that Ukrainian public publications publish a lot of different information. Civilian facilities were not damaged. The pilot ejected. He was picked up by rescuers of the Sevastopol Rescue Service at a distance of two hundred meters from the shore. His life is not in danger,’ the governor wrote.
The Russian military officials did not comment on the incident. The reason of the crash is yet to be revealed. Most likely, the reason could be a technical malfunction. The possibility of a friendly fire should not be excluded.
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