Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma publicly blamed the military for the disaster and dismissed the head of the air force, Volodymyr Strelnykov.
The defense minister Volodymyr Shkidchenko sent in his resignation, but it was rejected by Kuchma.
Today in history: Largest air show disaster
New Delhi: The Sknyliv air show disaster occurred on Saturday July 27, 2002, when a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 of the Ukrainian Falcons crashed during an aerobatics presentation at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, Ukraine.
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Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma publicly blamed the military for the disaster and dismissed the head of the air force, Volodymyr Strelnykov.
The defense minister Volodymyr Shkidchenko sent in his resignation, but it was rejected by Kuchma.
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