On 24 July, at about 22:00, a MiG-29 plane of the Azerbaijani Air Force, which was conducting a training flight, suddenly disappeared from the radar, the Ministry of Defence reports.
According to a preliminary version, the plane crashed and fell into the Caspian Sea
Ministry says the pilot went silent during a training mission at around 10:00 p.m.
Urgent measures are being taken to search and rescue the pilot.
A search and rescue operation in the Caspian Sea is underway.
The defence ministry has created a commission to probe the incident.
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