A Russian military jet has crashed as its pilot attempted to land on an aircraft carrier near Syria, an official has said.
The Su-33 Sukhoi plane was landing on the Admiral Kuznetsov in the Mediterranean, Russian news agencies reported.
The defence ministry said the pilot, who was on his way back from a sortie over Syria, ejected from the plane and is safe.
The ministry says in a statement that "because of the failure of the arrester system's cable, the Su-33 fighter rolled off the deck".
The statement added that operations over Syria would be unaffected as a result of the incident.
The carrier is the one that passed through the English Channel on the way to the eastern Mediterranean in October.
Another Russian fighter jet crashed into the sea off Syria while taking off from the Admiral Kuznetsov in November.
That pilot, who was flying a MiG-29K, also survived, Russia's defence ministry said.
The Kuznetsov is Russia's only aircraft carrier and is rumoured to be beset with reliability problems.
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