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On the Web footage of the first interrogation of the pilot of the Ukrainian aircraft Aeroprakt A-22 «Flying Fox», which made an emergency landing in the Bryansk region and was detained by Russian border guards. Earlier, the FSB of Russia reported that the plane crashed near the settlement of Butovsk. The pilot of the aircraft tried to escape on Ukrainian territory, but was detained by border guards.
The detained pilot, according to the Mash Telegram channel, who turned out to be an elderly man, said that he was escorted by another civilian aircraft. The man claims that he was tasked with photographing the area and checking the work of Ukrainian air defense, but he did not know that he was flying over Russian territory. At the same time, the pilot was given body armor and a machine gun.
He also stated that he was remotely turned off navigation devices during the flight and promised to pay 50 thousand hryvnia (more than 108 thousand rubles — Ed.) for work.
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The pilot noted that there was a failure of the propeller, so he made an emergency landing, after which he buried weapons, ammunition and body armor so that supposedly his own people would not open fire on him. However, he was later detained by border guards.
The Aeroprakt A-22 «Flying Fox» aircraft is a two-seat ultralight aircraft developed by the Ukrainian company Aeroprakt under the direction of Yuri Yakovlev in the 90s. The maximum flight range is 580 km at a maximum speed of 220 km/h.