In the impenetrable jungle in the northern part of Vietnam, found the remains of the Soviet and the Vietnamese pilots, missing 1971 year, transmits TASS with reference to the Vietnam War Office.
The remains belong to two pilots of the MiG-21U - Russian and Vietnamese, It said in a statement.
Earlier searches organizers, continuing more than a year, told the news agency, that found in the north of the country remains two years pilots - one of them, presumably, Yuri Poyarkov, who had been missing for 47 years. Location detection is in 80 km from Hanoi in the mountainous region of Tam Đảo National Park.
Poyarkov 1933 year of birth was held while serving in Vietnam as an instructor pilot in the fighter regiment VNA. 30 April 1971 the crew and the captain Poyarkova pilot trainee Cong Phuong Thao performed a training flight on the MiG-21U. Suddenly, the car disappeared from the radar screen. The search results have not brought, so both pilots were reported missing.
Search operation resumed after many years, at 2017 year, at the request of Poyarkova granddaughter - Anne Cervenka. During the search came from a group of local enthusiasts. Search engines determine the approximate plane crash, and even found a fragment of the broken car. Then a search operation, joined the military.
By the final stage of the operation were involved 50 human. As a result, pilots remains were found. According to the military, remains preserved in satisfactory condition. This would allow for the analysis of DNA and complete the identification.
