MiG-31 fighter jet crashed in Kazakhstan, pilots survived

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM On April 16 MiG-31fighter jet crashed near Karaganda, Kazakhstan, as one of its engines caught fire shortly after takeoff, the Defense Ministry’s press service reports.

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The crew ejected from the aircraft. The pilots are alive and taken to hospital, it said it a statement.

The commission was set up to investigate the cause of the accident.