According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Su-34 fighter jet crashed during a training flight.
17.10. 21:50
Military aircraft fell on Monday evening on top of a nine-story residential building in Yeisk, Russia. The news agency Reuters and the Russians reported on the matter, among others Tass, Interfax and Ria Novosti.
Interfax and Tass reported around half past ten in the evening Finnish time that at least four people had died in the accident. More than 20 people were injured. The number of victims was expected to rise.
Yeisk is located on the shores of the Sea of Azov in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia. On the opposite shore of the city is the southern coast of Ukraine.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, it is a Su-34 fighter-bomber that crashed during a training flight. According to the ministry, one of the plane’s engines caught fire when it was taking off from the military airfield.
According to the ministry, the plane’s crew managed to escape before the plane crashed into the ground.
According to local authorities, five floors of the building have caught fire and the top floors have collapsed. According to witnesses, there were rescue personnel at the scene of the accident.
The Russian-language investigative journalism website The Insider shared a video from the scene of the accident on Twitter, showing a burning building.
Russia has said that he will launch a criminal investigation into the crash.
“Military investigators are investigating the circumstances and causes of the incident,” the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said, according to Reuters.
The Investigative Committee deals with serious crimes, and it said it had already sent investigators to the scene of the accident. However, the committee did not say what evidence would point to a possible crime.
The president of Russia has been notified of the accident to Vladimir Putinwhich has ordered that the victims of the accident must be “given all the necessary help”.
Su-34 fighter jet at an air show near Moscow in 2007.
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