Russian test pilots Colonel Alexander and Oleg Kruzhalin were killed when the MiG-29KUB they were test-flying prior to delivery to the Indian Navy crashed in Russia. Reports suggest that the pilots couldn't pull the jet out of a dive. Indian Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma told reporters yesterday that the Indian Navy didn't plan to ground the 11 K/KUBs it had received so far. R.I.P.
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