Destruction MiG-31: The Russians explained why the plane fell for $ 30 million-social networks

To spread: the pilots of the fighter-interceptor Mig-31 of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation could not sit, because there was a breakdown with which it is possible to arrange a catastrophe when trying to land. Because of this, the crew drove the aircraft to a safe place and jumped, and in a moment Russian aviation lost another aircraft, the production of which cannot be restored.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation got rid of the aircraft, but the pilots were rescued, although they were injured, wrote in Telegram channel FighterBomber Aviation Navigation-Russian Ilya Tumanov. In the post, which appeared in the afternoon on October 10, the navigator voiced the version of the MiG-31 breakdown, which the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was silent. The Russian wrote that the plane for $ 30 million.

It fell through the breakage of the left main chassis rack. According to him, if there is a problem, then the pilots are forbidden to land. When the crew saw troubles from the Mig-31, he decided to catapult, says Fighterbomber post. Tumanov also accused Roszmi, who "caught special effects" on the incident in the air, and assured that nothing extraordinary happened.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation ignored the loss of aircraft MiG-31: this is not said in the Telegram-channel of the department. However, there is official laconic information that spread RIA Novosti RIA. The only thing they said: the aircraft fell, probably during a planned training flight, not during the combat work. It should be noted that on the night of October 9 to 10, it became known about the disaster of the MiG-31 aircraft.

Russia stated that the incident occurred in the Chapligin district of Lipetsk region of the Russian Federation during a training and educational flight. It turned out that the pilots were catapult: they were found and sent to the hospital. The nearest military airfield is Lipetsk-2 or Diagilevo. The distance to Ukraine, which was fired by the Russians, is about 450 km.

During the Russian-Ukrainian War of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, about seven fighter jets-interceptors Mig-31 have been lost, the data of the project Oryx and information in the media testify. The causes of losses - due to crew accidents and actions (five incidents), and two planes of the Russian Federation could get damage in April 2024 during a special operation of defense forces at the Belbek airfield in Crimea.

MiG-31, after the modification, were able to launch aerobalist missiles X-47M2 "dagger", the Ukrainian command reported. In June 2025, the Defense Express portal explained why the losses of MiG-31 were critical for the Russian Federation. Analysts reported that it was an old Soviet aircraft. To date, the Russian Federation industry cannot produce a new bombers to replenish the loss of air parking with, approximately, hundreds of aircraft. If these migs need repair [probably even chassis racks - ed.