Russian Fighter Jet Crashes Into the Pacific, and the Fate of the MiG-31’s 2 Crew Members Is Unknown

Russian Fighter Jet Crashes Into the Pacific, and the Fate of the MiG-31’s 2 Crew Members Is Unknown
Russia's MiG-31 supersonic interceptor jets in a file photo. Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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MOSCOW—A Russian fighter jet crashed on Tuesday during a training mission off the country’s Pacific coast and the fate of its two crew members wasn’t immediately known.

The Russian military said that the MiG-31 fell into the Avacha Bay on the southeastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. It said that rescue teams were searching for its two crew members.