MINSK, November 11 (RIA Novosti) – A MiG-29 multirole fighter jet crashed in southwest Belarus on Tuesday afternoon, a representative from the country's Investigative Committee told RIA Novosti.
"The first deputy chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexei Volkov has already departed there [to the crash site]," the representative said.
The pilot was safely ejected and no casualties were reported, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The country's Investigative Committee said the accident took place near the city of Brest located close to the Polish border.
The Mikoyan Mig-29, NATO reporting name Fulcrum, fourth-generation fighter jet took off for its maiden flight in 1977. There have been more than 1,600 MiG-29s built, with Belarus operating 41 of them as of January.