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Yak-130 trainer crashes in Central Russia

Posted 7-27-2006 at 05:47 PM

A Yak-130 trainer crashed in the Ryazan Region in central Russia due to a failure in the flight control system, a source in the Moscow regional government said Wednesday.

Both pilots successfully ejected and were slightly injured in the crash, he said.

Air Force spokesman Alexander Drobyshevsky said the plane did not belong to the Defense Ministry.