OREANDA-NEWS. Vedomosti newspaper reports that the MiG-29 fighter manufactured in Russia crashed in Egypt.

“On Thursday, December 5, in Egypt, one of the MiG-29 fighters, supplied by Russia to the Egyptian Air Force under a commercial contract of 2016, crashed during a training flight,” the publication says.

According to preliminary information, the Egyptian pilot baled out; there is no information about state of his health. Two managers of defense industry enterprises spoke about it to journalists. According to them, the cause of the incident could be “either technical malfunctions in the integrated fighter control system, or incorrect actions of a pilot.”

Interlocutors of Vedomosti noted that the causes of the accident will be learnt by a special commission of the Egyptian Air Force. In the near future, the Russian side will send its specialists to Cairo for assisting in the investigation.

This is the second crash of the MiG-29, which has been supplied for Egypt under an export contract with Russia since 2017.

On November 3, 2018, the MiG-29M fighter crashed in Egypt. The United Aircraft Corporation (Russia) confirmed the fact of the accident and said that technical experts would go to Egypt to help in investigation. The results of the investigation have not been officially reported yet. The representatives of Egypt stated that the fighter could have crashed due to a malfunction in the aircraft control system.

According to some sources, the Russian Federation will supply Egypt with 46 aircraft of this type.