Yuri Gagarin air crash details emerge
Monday, June 17, 2013 - 21:30
in Astronomy & Space
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 Vl …