6 Sep 2012 20:02

Corrected - Pilot dies as Russian warplane crashes - ministry

(Correcting 'Mi-29' to 'MiG-29' in 3rd para of story released at 19:24 Moscow Time on August 6)

MOSCOW. Sept 6 (Interfax-AVN) - A Russian warplane crashed in eastern Siberia on Thursday, killing the pilot, the Defense Ministry said.

"The pilot was killed. Search and rescue services have found his body," a ministry spokesman told Interfax-AVN.

Earlier, the ministry told the agency the pilot of the Mikoyan Mi-29 fighter, which crashed on take-off near the village of Domna, Trans-Baikal territory, had ejected.