A Sukhoi Su-35 fighter demonstrator crashed on 19 December during flight testing. Test pilot Yuri Vashuk reported malfunctions before ejecting safely at Shatura, near Moscow. Test aircraft 711 has been deployed by Sukhoi on various test programmes, including the Su-37 multirole fighter, a thrust-vector derivative of the Su-35.
Source: Flight International
Two US naval aviators safely ejected from their Boeing F/A-18F over the Red Sea after the jet was mistakenly targeted by one of the guided missile ships escorting the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman.
Flight-recorder information indicates no evidence of unauthorised interference with the operation of a Swiftair Boeing 737-400 freighter before it crashed on approach to Vilnius last month. The aircraft came down north of the airport on 25 November, while attempting to land on runway 19 after arriving from Leipzig. Lithuania’s transport ...
Sweden’s Defence Materiel Administration has awarded Saab a SKr466 million ($42 million) contract to support further development of the nation’s Gripen C/D fighter fleet.
