Russian Demo Team Planes Collide

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The commander of the elite Russian Knights air demonstration team died Sunday after his SU27 collided with another during a rehearsal for the MAKS-2009 air show in Moscow. Col. Igor Tkachenko was among three crewmen who ejected from two aircraft after the collision. The other two were in “satisfactory” condition according to early reports. The jets hit a row of houses and up to five people were hurt, one woman seriously.

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