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A Russian Sukhoi Su-25 crashed near Valyuki, Belgorod Oblast, the sole pilot onboard died. The preliminary cause of the crash is a technical malfunction. [207] 25 February A Hongdu K-8E of the Egyptian Air Force crashed in a undisclosed location in Egypt during a training flight. The pilot ejected safely from the aircraft.
An Azerbaijan Air Force (AzerAf) Sukhoi Su-25 close air support aircraft crashed in the Shamkir district in northwest Azerbaijan at around 1700 hrs. local time, killing the pilot. [citation needed] 3 March A Republic of Korea Army MD Helicopters MD 500 helicopter crashed 20 km east of the capital Seoul, at around 2014 hrs. Helicopter hit a ...
Claim: A spokesman for the militia in Donetsk stated that they downed a Sukhoi Su-25 during fighting in Yampil. [12] 2 July 2014: A Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-25, call sign Blue 06, crashed due to a technical fault while landing at Dnipropetrovsk International Airport. The pilot ejected safely. [13] [14] 2 July 2014
The Russian 4th Air Army had 140 Sukhoi Su-17Ms, Su-24s and Su-25s in the war zone supported by an A-50 AWACS aircraft. The employed munitions were generally unguided S-5, S-8, and S-24 rockets, as well as FAB-250 and FAB-500 bombs, while only 2.3% of the strikes used precision-guided Kh-25 ML missiles, KAB-500L and KAB-500KR smart bombs when ...
On 12 June 2012, a Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft crashed near a small village in Belarus. The pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Gridnyov, lost control of the aircraft when maneuvering at low-altitude. [46] [47] He was ordered to eject, but instead remained on board to make sure the aircraft did not crash into the village. [47] Gridnyov died in the crash.
19 February – A Sukhoi Su-25UB caught fire and burned out at Lipetsk-2 Air Base. Both crew survived. [100] 25 March – A Sukhoi Su-27 crashed into the Black Sea off Belbek, Russian-occupied Crimea, killing the pilot. [101] 25 March – An Aero L-39 Albatros crashed in Krasnodar Krai, killing the pilot. [102]
The Sknyliv air show disaster occurred on 27 July 2002, when a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27UB aircraft, piloted by Volodymyr Toponar (of the Ukrainian Falcons) and co-piloted by Yuriy Yegorov, crashed into spectators during an aerobatics presentation at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, Ukraine. The accident killed 77 people and injured 543.
A Yak-40 plane traveling from Stepanakert airport to Yerevan on 27 March 1992, with a total of 34 passengers and crew, was attacked by an Azerbaijani Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 attack aircraft. With an engine failure and a fire in rear of the plane, it eventually made a safe landing on Armenian territory. [80] [81] [82]