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MiG-31 aircraft designer Valery Vasilkov died at the age of 62. Information about the death of the engineer was confirmed by the Russian airline MiG.
“Unfortunately, this is true,” the report said. “Valery Olegovich has died.”
The causes of Vasilkov's death were not specified.
The MiG-31 was developed in the 70's and became the first Soviet fighter aircraft of the fourth generation.