In Buryatia in the territory of the Telemb landfill, when the planned training flight was carried out, the MiG-31. Pilots in the course of the flight worked out the tasks of air defense and elements of air combat. The accident occurred at noon in Moscow time.

It is known that the pilots until the last minutes fought to save the car and catapulted at the last moment. The plane crashed in 120 kilometers from Chita. According to the official information, both pilots were catapulted successfully, they signaled missiles designated the landing site and were promptly evacuated. Their lives and health are not threatened. The Ministry of Defense believes that the most likely cause of the accident was the failure of technology.

Supersonic all-weather interceptor fighter was developed in the 1970s in the USSR. Then it was a car far ahead of its time. In 2016, the modernization and repair of MiGs began. The modern control system will increase the target detection range up to 320 kilometers, the range of attack is up to 280 kilometers. They are able to accompany ten goals, and to hit simultaneously - six. Aircraft are designed to destroy targets in border areas. In April, two MiGs practiced interception of conventional cruise missiles in the stratosphere. For this they climbed to a height of 15 kilometers, their speed was more than 2.5 thousand kilometers per hour. MiG-31 fighters, equipped with a powerful radar complex, are the main means of defense in relatively poorly equipped areas of the Russian air border, such as, for example, the Arctic.