Fighter crashes at Ukrainian air show

A Su-27 fighter plane crashed into a crowd of spectators at an air show today, killing as many as 20 and injuring about 30 others in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, emergency officials said.

Fighter crashes at Ukrainian air show

A Su-27 fighter plane crashed into a crowd of spectators at an air show today, killing as many as 20 and injuring about 30 others in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, emergency officials said.

According to preliminary data, the pilots ejected and survived, but the aircraft crashed into the crowd of spectators watching the show at the Skniliv aerodrome, the press service of the Defence Ministry said.

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