Second Russian fighter jet crashes into residential area in six days
The Su-30 fighter jet crashed during a training flight in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, the local branch of Russia’s Emergencies Ministry saidFreelance reporter and late editorA Russian military jet crashed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Sunday – the second time this week oneThe plane crashed into a two-storey house and its two pilots were killed, but no one on the ground was hurt, according to the city’s governor Igor Kobzev.
The Su-30 fighter jet crashed during a training flight, sparking a fire, the local branch of Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said. It comes after n Monday a Sukhoi Su-34 crashed into an apartment block in the Russian city of Yeysk, near Ukraine, killing at least 15 people Mr Kobzev published a video showing firefighters clambering over the wreckage of the plane in the Siberian city and directing jets of water at the still smouldering rubble.Surveillance camera footage shared on Russian social media showed the plane plummeting towards the ground nose first.