Footage captures the moment a Russian fighter jet crashed into a lake after bursting into flames mid-air.<br /><br />One of the aircraft’s two jet engines exploded during a training exercise and the pilot then lost control before the plane plummetted into water, state media reported.<br /><br />The MiG-31 fighter jet crashed in the northern Murmansk region on Wednesday 26 April, TASS news agency said, citing Russia’s defence ministry.<br /><br />Both crewmen in the two-seater aircraft are reported to have successfully ejected.<br /><br />Neither pilot suffered life-threatening or altering injuries, Russia’s defence ministry said.
