Polish fighter MiG-29 during the teachings fired by mistaken a partner plane flying with him. Incident reports Polish portal ONET.
Shelling was conducted from a 30-millimeter aviation gun, the pilot was not injured. The fighter is badly damaged and not subject to repair.
“This strong blow must be a pilot felt it. If the bullet of such a caliber would fall into the covert the cabin, she would break his head with a pilot,” explained one of the pilots. He also called the miracle that his partner stayed alive.
General and former Inspector of the Tomasz Drewniak (Tomasz Drewniak) suggested that the incident occurred due to non-compliance with the safety rules. In his opinion, one of the pilots of the couple made an invalid maneuver and stayed behind, thereby having confused the other pilot.
The Polish Ministry of Defense confirmed that the State Commission for the Investigation of Aviation Accidents began investigating the incident.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry showed the destruction of the Su-34 target. SU-34 bomber fighters during the exercises held in the Kurgan region, worked out the use of unmanaged air-surface C-13-class aircraft missiles.