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Russia military plane crashes into residential building, three dead

18 Oct 2022 09:18am
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MOSCOW - Three people are killed and 19 others are injured after a Russian Su-34 fighter jet crashed in the city of Yeysk in Russia's Krasnodar region on Monday, Xinhua quoted a TASS news agency report.

The aircraft crashed while it was gaining altitude during a training flight from an airfield of the Southern military district, and the pilots were able to safely eject before the crash, TASS reported, citing the Russian Defence Ministry.

The Su-34 crashed in the courtyard of a residential building, and the plane's fuel ignited following the crash, the ministry said.

"The cause of the plane crash was the ignition of one of the engines during takeoff," it added.

Fire engulfed several floors of the nine-story residential building where the aircraft crashed, and a total of 17 apartments were impacted. Ambulance crews were currently working at the site, according to Krasnodar region governor Veniamin Kondratiev. - BERNAMA
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