[2] The Su-30SM aircraft was performing a test flight when it fell on a wooden two-story residential building in 2nd Sovetsky Lane.

BBC correspondents noted that both planes belong in general to the same family - they were created by deep modernization of the Soviet Sukhoi Su-27 fighter.

He graduated from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy with a degree in aircraft testing.

He was awarded medals of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "For Distinction in Military Service" III, II and I degree.

[15] It is reported that the crew could have lost consciousness during the flight due to a malfunction of the oxygen equipment or depressurization.