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Russian Jet Crashes Into Building, Kills Two In Southern Siberia

Two pilots were killed Sunday after a Russian military jet crashed into a two-storey building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk during a test flight, the local governor said.


Russian Emergencies personnel remove the wreckage of a Sukhoi Su-34 military jet off its crash site in the courtyard of a residential area in the town of Yeysk in southwestern Russia on October 18, 2022. Russia said Tuesday a “technical malfunction” probably caused a military jet to crash into a block of flats in Yeysk, near Ukraine, as the death toll from the dramatic collision climbed to 14. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) RELATED CONTENT
Russian Emergencies personnel remove the wreckage of a Sukhoi Su-34 military jet off its crash site in the courtyard of a residential area in Russia.  AFP

 

Two pilots were killed Sunday after a Russian military jet crashed into a two-storey building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk during a test flight, the local governor said.

“Both pilots were killed. None of the local residents were hurt… The Su aircraft was carrying out a test flight,” regional governor Igor Kobzev said on social media.

“According to preliminary data, a Su category plane hit a two-storey building in Irkutsk on Przhevalskogo street…”

Kobzev also posted a video of the building with smoke billowing against a dark sky and firefighters working at the scene.

Sunday’s crash is coming days after a military jet crashed into a block of flats in the Russian town of Yeysk.

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