The Polish Radom mourning after the death of Belarusian pilots of the Su-27
In the Polish city of Radom, where the previous day at an air show crashed two Belarusian pilots of the Su-27, mourning. On Monday reported Interfax with reference to the mayor of Radom.
According to sources in City Hall, the city decided not to hold in the next three days no entertainment events, state flags lowered to half mast, in churches run the service.
Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko expressed his condolences over the death of the pilots Morfitskogo Alexander and Alexander Zhuravlevicha and instructed the Defense Ministry of Belarus to provide the necessary assistance to the families of the victims, the press service of Belarus .
According to Interfax, the Polish Defense Minister Bogdan Klich, sent condolences to the Defense Ministry of Belarus. Polish President Lech Kaczynski in a televised broadcast also expressed his condolences to relatives of the victims.
Body pilots will be delivered to Minsk in the near future, said spokesman for the embassy of Belarus in Poland Dmitri Vybornov. According to him, transporting bodies may occur as early as Monday.
discovered two black boxes fighter-interceptor. Works investigative team, but its findings have not been disclosed. Polish media have reported that the Polish officers arrived in the Belarusian military prosecutor's office opened a criminal case into the crash. Ministry of Defense of Belarus has not commented on this information.
Russia Sukhoi expressed willingness to assist Belarus in the investigation of the crash, however, a request to Russia to be received. It is reported RIA Novosti with reference to the aviation holding company.
At the time of the accident the Belarusian pilots Morfitsky Alexander and Alexander Zhuravlevich stunt for combat training modification of Su-27. The pilots took the plane from the stands, where the air show spectators, and from the houses nearby village. Su-27 crashed into the woods and exploded. None of the civilian population was not injured.
According to the preliminary version, the cause of the accident is a hit birds in the engine intake.

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