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| Date: | Thursday 22 August 2024 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Aero L-39M1 Albatros |
| Owner/operator: | 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade, Ukrainian Air Force |
| Registration: | 71 Blue |
| MSN: | 934675 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | UKLS |
| UKLS |
On 22 August 2024, a Ukrainian Air Force L-39 Albatros jet trainer of the 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade collided with a stork during a training flight. The bird hit the canopy of the aircraft and blocked the vision of the pilot.
As a result, according to Ukrainian sources, the pilot ejected from the aircraft. However, due to the aircraft travelling at a low altitude, the parachute did not have time to fully open, resulting in the death of the pilot Mayor Sergei Vadimovich Pliguzov. The flying instructor Mayor Victor Zhos, still in the rear seat of the aircraft as his Zvezda K-36 ejection failed to fire, was reportedly able to land the damaged aircraft, without its canopy.
Both Mayor Pliguzov and Mayor Zhos had previously survived after ejecting from an Su-24 attack aircraft that was shot down by forces of the Russian Federation in 2022.
https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/457810
Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=8713778205310861&id=100000363042511&rdid=YA52yxboErcXD1lN
https://strana.best/ukr/news/470864-v-ukrajini-za-nevdaloji-katapultatsiji-zahinuv-pilot-navchalnoho-litaka-l-39.html
https://armyinform.com.ua/2024/10/28/bombyv-zmiyinyj-perezhyv-vluchannya-rakety-i-zitknennya-z-lelekoyu-potrapyv-u-kino-istoriya-lotchyka-viktora/
https://nv.ua/ukr/ukraine/events/pilot-ukrajinskogo-bombarduvalnika-rozpoviv-yak-perezhiv-udari-rosiyskih-raket-i-taran-vid-leleki-50461830.html
https://www.cbs.km.ua/index.php?dep=1&dep_up=81&dep_cur=848
https://www.khm.gov.ua/uk/content/pliguzov-sergiy-vadymovych
https://t.me/ZOV_Voevoda/19074
https://t.me/ZOV_Voevoda/22682
https://t.me/ZOV_Voevoda/22714
https://t.me/ZOV_Voevoda/22717
https://www.scramble.nl/database/military/ua
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Aug-2024 06:39 | Anon. | Added |
| 24-Aug-2024 07:27 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 31-Oct-2024 14:33 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Nov-2024 10:26 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Nov-2024 13:30 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 31-May-2025 10:44 | Nebo | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
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