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Title:Ukraine: Jet Fighter Crashes At Airshow, Killing 76 And Injuring 165
Date:27th July 2002
Summary:Tragedy struck during an air display at the Sknyliv Air Base near Lviv, Ukraine on July 27, 2002, when a Sukhoi Su-27UB failed to come out of a difficult rolling dive, smashed into the ground and then cartwheeled in flames into a crowd of spectators. Horrified onlookers watched as the warplane appeared to stall in mid-air before plunging to earth. The stricken craft clippe
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Location:UKRAINE LVIV SKNYLIV AIRFIELD
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