Russian fighter jet crashes during training flight

MOSCOW

A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet crashed during a training flight in the country’s Far East region, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

“On July 4, while performing a planned training flight in the Kamchatka Territory, a MiG-31 fighter crashed over the waters of the Avacha Bay. The plane was flying without ammunition,” the ministry said.

Rescue teams are searching for two missing crew members, it added.