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Body parts found at L-39 crash site in Sea of Azov, says source

Around 50 fragments of the plane have been lifted

MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. Body parts have been found at the L-39 training plane crash site in the Sea of Azov, a source in the aviation circles told TASS, adding that search works continue.

"Two body parts have been found. Search works continue. Around 50 fragments of the plane have been lifted," he said.

Earlier reported said that the Russian Defense Ministry’s military training jet L-39 Albatros crashed during a training flight on Thursday. Technical failure is a likely reason. The plane carried no weapons. Both pilots are believed to have ejected themselves, though their whereabouts are still unknown. A source said earlier that the plane had taken off from the airdrome of a naval aviation pilots’ retraining center in Yeysk.

The training plane L-39 Albatros was developed in Czechoslovakia. It performed its first flight in 1968. In 1972, it was selected as the main training plane for the military pilots of the Warsaw Treaty Organization’s member-states. Russia’s flight schools still use it as the main plane to train cadets.