By Natali Moss
This version is confirmed by the Ukrainian intelligence message that the occupiers have placed such planes in Crimea. There is also information that the fighter was rolled out of the runway not during landing, but during takeoff. Due to a technical malfunction, the MiG-31K was unable to take off. The navigator, who, according to the instructions should leave the aircraft first, was able to catapult and survive, the second failed to do so and he was killed.
It turned out that Khotylov's pilot with extensive experience was killed. The authors write that this fact gives the right to believe that the MiG-31K was lost. In 2021, information appeared in the media about the MiG-31K tipping with hypersonic missiles "Dychal" from the 790th fighter airfield. Yes, there is a maximum likelihood that on October 1, the Russian Federation lost MiG-31K. It is likely that there was a dagger rocket on his board.
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