"MOSCOW — A Russian fighter jet crashed off the Syrian coast on Monday
while trying to land on an aging aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean,
Russian military officials said.

The Russian Defense Ministry blamed a technical failure for the crash of
the jet, a MIG-29, according to a ministry statement carried by the
Interfax news agency. The pilot, who was the only one in the jet,
ejected safely and was picked up by a rescue team, the statement said.

The ministry’s statement did not specify whether the airplane had
crashed on the carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, or into water."

Source: New York Times, NOV. 14, 2016

Entire Article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/world/middleeast/russian-jet-crash-kuznetsov.html?_r=0

"Vaughn Simon" > wrote in message
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> "MOSCOW - A Russian fighter jet crashed off the Syrian coast on
> Monday while trying to land on an aging aircraft carrier in the
> Mediterranean, Russian military officials said.
>
> The Russian Defense Ministry blamed a technical failure for the
> crash of the jet, a MIG-29, according to a ministry statement
> carried by the Interfax news agency. The pilot, who was the only one
> in the jet, ejected safely and was picked up by a rescue team, the
> statement said.
>
> The ministry's statement did not specify whether the airplane had
> crashed on the carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, or into water."
>
> Source: New York Times, NOV. 14, 2016
>
> Entire Article at:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/world/middleeast/russian-jet-crash-kuznetsov.html?_r=0

https://news.usni.org/2016/11/14/russian-carrier-mig-29k-fighter-crashes-mediterranean-shows-potential-gaps-capability
"At one point, for unknown reasons, one of the fighters turned back to
the carrier and crashed while on approach to the carrier, the official
said."