Fighter Crashes at Russian Air Show
The Amer War Lib'y
Fighter Crashes at Russian Air Show
EXCERPT: " MOSCOW (AP) -- A World War II-era Soviet fighter plane
crashed Wednesday during an air show, badly injuring its pilot, a news
agency reported. The Yak-3 fighter plunged while flying at the show
near the city of Krasnoyarsk in central Siberia, the ITAR-Tass news
agency reported, quoting local emergency officials. Its pilot was
hospitalized in grave condition. The cause of the crash wasn't
immediately clear. The Yak-3 was a mainstay of the S..."
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