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Russian warplane crashes during carrier landing

A second Russian military plane has crashed while coming into land on an aircraft carrier near Syria, an official has said.

The Su-33 Sukhoi jet was landing on the Admiral Kuznetsov in the Mediterranean, Russian news agencies reported.

The defence ministry said the pilot ejected from the plane and is safe.

The carrier is the one that passed through the English Channel on the way to the eastern Mediterranean in October.

Another Russian fighter jet crashed into the sea off Syria while taking off from the Admiral Kuznetsov in November.

That pilot, who was flying a MiG-29K, was also safe, Russia's defence ministry said.

The Kuznetsov is Russia's only aircraft carrier and is rumoured to be beset with reliability problems.

The ship's passage through the Strait of Dover, travelling with a task force including a battlecruiser, an anti-submarine ship and a destroyer, caused controversy.

The flotilla was met by several vessels from the Royal Navy as it passed within a few miles of the UK coast.

Another ship in the carrier group, the Osipov, then nearly caused a diplomatic incident after it requested permission to resupply in a Spanish port - something that was questioned by NATO.

A Dutch submarine, which the Russians claimed was tracking their naval movements, was then chased away after the convoy entered the Mediterranean, according to Moscow.

Aircraft with the carrier's task force, which was eventually described by the Russians as "jointly carrying out tasks, manoeuvring to the west of the Syrian coast", were expected to join the Syrian bombardment of rebels in Aleppo.

[The Krokodil]

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