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Presumed skeleton of a pilot of Mig-29, which crashed near Baku, found in the Caspian Sea

29 July 2008 [12:20] - TODAY.AZ
A human skeleton was found in the Caspian Sea near Kichik Khemya village of Siyazan of Azerbaijan at about 19:00 on July 28.
Day.Az reports with reference to ANS-Press that according to Siyazan prosecutor Hasan Hanifayev, the skeleton presumably belongs to the pilot of Mig-29, which crashed on January 29 of this year-Fahreddin Askerov. According to Hanifayev, experts, who held the initial inspection of the skeleton, came to this conclusion.

The skeleton is planned to be send for expertise in Moscow, after which it will become clear whether the skeleton belongs to Askerov.

It should be reminded that the air force jet crashed near Shurabad village of Khizi. Both pilots-Fahreddin Askerov and Afgan Aslanov died.

/Day.Az/

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