The search for the Russian Air Force Su-27 Flanker fighter jet which has been reported missing in the Khabarovsk Territory resumed early on Friday, the Defense Ministry said.
The ministry earlier said the fighter had been performing a scheduled flight and was about 30 km away from the Dzemga airbase when it disappeared off the radar screens.
"The search was resumed at sunrise. No results have been reported so far," a military source told RIA Novosti.
The Defense Ministry earlier denied media reports that the debris of the fighter had been spotted near its home base in Dzemga.
The Su-27 is a Mach-2 class air-superiority fighter, in service with the Russian Air Force since 1984.
Last year there were at least two fatal crashes involving Su-27 fighter jets.
On August 30, 2009, a Belarusian Air Force Su-27 fighter crashed while performing aerobatic maneuvers at an airshow in Poland, killing two pilots.
Two Su-27 fighter planes collided in midair when the Russian Knights aerial display team was rehearsing for the MAKS 2009 air show outside Moscow. The group's commander, Col. Igor Tkachenko, was killed while two other pilots were injured in the collision.
KHABAROVSK, January 15 (RIA Novosti)
