Edited sentence: Despite additional drag due to the blown-away canopy, it continued at near-supersonic speeds, over Europe into Belgium, where - starved of fuel - it 'landed' on top of a house.It is remarkable that, although the aircraft was spotted by air-defences of every airspace it passed through, none of the countries involved managed to intercept it.Later, mechanics of the Belgian Air Force (Who had dismantled the aircraft) reported to newspapers they had admired the craft since "Two men with just a wrench and a screwdriver were enough to break it down into manageable pieces".Shortly after take-off from a military airfield in Poland, the pilot, reporting a substantial loss in power (not a flame-out) bailed out at low altitude.The aircraft however, left to itself, regained power and flew on in somewhat circular course.The aircraft sustained almost no damage, and the house only very little, but a sleeping 18-year old student was killed by the collapsing roof.The aircraft was dismantled by the Belgian Air Force and returned to the USSR