The cause of the MiG-23 incident across Europe

Although the MiG-23 "Flogger" had no pilot, it flew through the airspace of Poland, the Democratic Republic of Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium, flying more than 900 kilometers as if there was no one else! What is going on? It turned out that the MiG-23 was a fighter jet of the Soviet Army stationed in Poland. It was conducting flight training over the northern Polish city of Livorzek. Pilot 1st Class Colonel Skulkin flew it. Suddenly, Skulkin heard an explosion, which was judged to have come from the aircraft's intake duct. Then, the plane began to fall toward the ground. "The aircraft engine failed!" Skulkin immediately reported to the ground commander. "Parachute immediately!" The ground commander saw the plane falling rapidly and immediately issued the parachute order.

Skulykin activated the skydiving button. He was ejected from the plane's cockpit. After jumping out of the plane, he saw the MiG-23 he was flying heading towards the Baltic Sea.

But he did not expect that when the unmanned aircraft was about to crash into the sea, it suddenly raised its nose and climbed, and then flew towards the southwest. It flew unsteadily over the GDR and then entered the airspace of the Federal Republic of Germany, whereupon the scene described earlier in this article occurred.