Russian Navy jet crashes into the Mediterranean after bombing raid in Syria | Daily Mail Online
"...The Aviationist reported the plane crashed at its second attempt to land on the aircraft carrier in good weather conditions.
The Russian Ministry of Defence said the arrester wire, which is designed to catch the aircraft as it comes into land on the carrier's short runway, snapped.
The plane skidded off the end of the runway but the pilot ejected before it hit the water and he was later picked up by a Russian Navy search and rescue helicopter...."