Two SU 27 Jets Collide in the Air Above Zhukovsky at MAKS 2009 Airshow

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One of three pilots rehearsing a flight of two Su-27 fighters ahead of MAKS-2009 air show was killed as the military aircraft collided southeast of Moscow on Sunday, a Defense Ministry source said.
The pilot has been identified as Igor Tkachenko, commander of Russia's famous aerobatic team, Russkiye Vityazi.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed his condolences to Tkachenko's family.
Russian Air Force commander, Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin, has left for the scene.
Prosecutors from the Moscow Military District have already launched a probe into the crash.
The accident may have been caused by a flying skill error, according to a Defense Ministry source.
One of the two surviving pilots has been hospitalized with spinal fracture, the police said. No information is so far available on the condition of the third pilot.
A local police spokesman also said five civilians had been hospitalized with injuries as the jets crashed into adjacent summer cottages.
The accident will not delay the MAKS-2009 show slated for August 18, the organizer said on Sunday.
"The MAKS [air show] will not be postponed. Although there may be changes to the program of flights, all aerobatic teams - three Russian and two foreign ones - will perform," said Vladimir Borisov, general director of the Aviasalon firm.

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Two SU 27 Jets Collide in the Air Above Zhukovsky at MAKS 2009 Airshow

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  • F**k you, god, EU, ...

    F**k you, god, EU, Nato and USA...you F**king idiot

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  • thats tradgedy ...

    thats tradgedy indeed so shut da F**k up daduia.....if ever God exists, he would be fair to any1..not bless some and ignore others!!!! u idiot!

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  • иди нахуй

    иди нахуй

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  • "daduia" Men !!, ...

    "daduia" Men !!, are you crazy?
    Why so much hate ?
    There is a men who wil not see his family again, because an accident.
    And who you think you are to know, what God wants? who are you to say that God bless NATO or Russia or another country in the world?
    This world do not need hate, we need understanding between us

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  • I always tried to ...

    I always tried to tell write to these Russian bastard that GOD exist and GOD is the best and strongest but they never belived on it and now they see , that GOD is stronger then all Russia and all their nuclear bombs and everything...
    ahh right at them that this happend.
    GOD BLESS EU, NATO, USA, GEORGIA, UKRAINE, POLAND, AND THE REST OF THE WORLD =)

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