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| Date: | Thursday 15 September 2005 |
| Time: | 13:04 |
| Type: |  Sukhoi Su-27P |
| Owner/operator: | Russian Air Force |
| Registration: | 12 Red |
| MSN: | 36911025614 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Sakiai, ca 35 mi from Kaunas -
 Lithuania
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lodeynoe pole Air Base(177th IAP) |
| Kaliningrad |
Ran out of fuel after navigation system off and spatial disorientation. The pilot Major Velery Troyanov ejected safely and was not hurt.
Sources:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=173283109382929&set=a.173282906049616.45403.106550656056175&type=1&theater
https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Russian_fighter_crash_in_Lithuania:_investigation_concludes
AFM NOV 2005, p4
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Sep-2011 07:41 | Marko | Added |
| 27-May-2018 09:22 | j155 | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 27-May-2018 09:23 | j155 | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Aug-2019 08:08 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Nov-2021 16:23 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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