Ukrainian fighter aircraft Dassault Mirage 2000 French production on Tuesday due to a technical disorder collapsed in the West Carrajin Volyn region. The pilot managed to eject from the plane in time, TASR writes based on Reuters report.
It was the first ever crash of French fighter Mirage since the Ukrainian army announced the arrival of their first batch in February this year. “There was a failure of the device that the pilot reported to the flight dispatcher,” wrote the army in the post on the telegram.
“The pilot has been preserved responsibly as expected in crisis situations and He was successfully ejected. The rescue team found a pilot in a stabilized state. There were no victims on the ground”She added. The accident was also confirmed by the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj.
Western allies last year began to supply Ukraine with fighters F-16 American production in order to modernize the air park Kiev, which mostly formed aircraft from the time of the Soviet Union.
