MigBuster 2,861 Posted June 17, 2013 Yuri Gagarin air crash details emerge New details have emerged about the air crash on 27 March 1968 that killed Yuri Gagarin - the first man in space. Fellow cosmonaut Alexey Leonov claims an "unauthorised" plane flew too close to Gagarin's fighter jet, sending it into a spin. Gagarin and his flight instructor Vladimir Seryogin died when their MiG-15 went down near the town of Novoselovo, about 90km from Moscow. ............... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22940068 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Gepard 10,241 Posted June 17, 2013 This is not really new. Leonow told this story since years. I have read it in two books and saw some years ago one interview were he told the story that two Su-7 caused Gagarins MiG crash. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+CrazyhorseB34 937 Posted June 19, 2013 I heard he got caught in the jet wash of the Su-15 prototype that was conducting secret tests in the region that he was flying in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
