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UPDATE: Su-33 aircraft crashes, sinks in north Atlantic

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MOSCOW, September 5 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian Su-33 naval military aircraft crashed and sunk in the North Atlantic Monday, the Russian Navy press service said.

The accident happened at 4:27pm Moscow time (12:27pm GMT) during a scheduled flight from the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier.

The pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Korneyev, bailed out of the aircraft and was rescued in the water five minutes later uninjured.

There were no weapons or ammunition aboard the aircraft, the press service said.

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