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Russian Su-33 Fighter Jet Crashes While Landing On Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier Off Syria

Russian Su-33 Fighter Jet Crashes While Landing On Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier Off Syria

Three weeks after a Russian fighter jet crashed in the Mediterranean Sea shortly after launching from its aircraft carrier near the coast of Syria, overnight a fighter jet based on the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov skid off the deck during landing and became lost at sea after an arrestor gear line snapped and failed to stop the aircraft, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Su-33 fighter on the deck of Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier