Su-34

A Su-34 fighter jet crashed into a residential apartment building in the resort town of Yeysk, southern Russia on Monday evening, Rusdian news agencies ...

The ministry added that the plane’s onboard jet fuel ignited at the crash site. In a statement Monday evening, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that a Su-34 jet crashed within the city limits during a training flight, and said its pilots had ejected. The accident is thought to have been caused by the ignition of one of the plane’s engines.

A Russian Su-34 bomber plane crashed near a nine-story apartment building in Yeysk, a town in Russia's Krasnodar Region. This was reported by the Interfax, ...

[opened](https://t.me/sledcom_press/3667) a new criminal case in connection with the crash, without explaining what article of the Criminal Code has been violated. The Governor then published a [video](https://t.me/kondratyevvi/4750) made at the site of the fire. [ordered](https://t.me/rian_ru/182166) that all possible help be sent to those affected. [reports](https://t.me/kondratyevvi/4746) that “all of the regional and district fire and rescue brigades” are working at the location. [According](https://t.me/sashakots/36629) to the pro-Kremlin war blogger Alexander Kots, the main version of what happened is that birds got into one of the aircraft’s engine at takeoff. [said](https://t.me/rian_ru/182155) the Russian Defense Ministry, citing the two pilots who managed to eject from the plane and supposedly survived. On impact, the ammunition aboard the plane exploded, and fire spread to a high-rise building that [housed](https://t.me/tass_agency/161113) around 600 people. [Interfax](https://www.interfax.ru/), citing the town’s emergency dispatch service. The regional emergency service also says that apartments between the first and the fifth floors caught fire. In one of the building’s sections, floors have collapsed all the way from the fifth to the ninth floor. The plane carrying a full load of ammunition crashed into the communal yard of the building at 47/1 Krasnaya Street, around 6:20 p.m. At least one of the victims was there

The crash resulted in a fiery explosion that eventually engulfed every floor of the building in flames.

Russian officials called the incident an act of terrorism, while Ukraine did not officially take credit for it. "While climbing to perform a training flight from the military airfield of the southern military district, a Su-34 aircraft crashed," the Russian Defense Ministry claimed in its statement. Tass later reported that all nine floors of the building were on fire. The town is also located close to a Russian military base. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the story to the state-run Tass press agency, reporting that the aircraft involved in the crash was a Su-34 fighter jet. As of Monday, Oryx lists 17 Su-34 Russian jet fighters as destroyed in various incidents, with another one unconfirmed and potentially involving a slightly different model.

A Russian fighter plane crashed into a residential building in the southern city of Yeysk on Monday, engulfing apartments in a fireball and killing four ...

The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin had ordered all necessary help to be provided to victims. Local authorities later said the blaze had been put out. State-owned RIA said the crash took place during a training flight from a military airfield. Russian agencies said the pilots had ejected. The incident comes nearly eight months after Russia sent its troops into Ukraine. RIA news agency cited local emergency services as saying four people had died and six were missing.

Defence officials in Moscow say an engine ignition issue during take-off caused the crash in the Russian port city of Yeysk, from which the two pilots are ...

Local emergency officials say that at least two individuals are known to have perished, with 15 more injured. Regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev posted on Telegram confirming that the aircraft was a Russian Su-34 strike fighter. The jet was performing a training flight, rather than a combat mission, the ministry says.

The fighter-bomber crash occurred in the city of Yeysk, just across the Sea of Azov from occupied areas of Ukraine.

So when one crashes, especially if it is laden with gas on takeoff, the fireball would be very large regardless of any weapons it may be carrying. The Russian Defense Ministry's claim of an engine malfunction could also be corroborated by clips reportedly taken from security camera footage that appear to have captured the aircraft struggling to make altitude. [fixture in the Russian Air Force](https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-russia-appears-to-shoot-down-its-own-su-34-strike-fighter), was flying low over the area in the first place. In one specific photo, what appears to be a member of the jet’s crew can be seen parachuting down next to the flames presumably after ejecting from the aircraft just an instant before the crash. The aircraft crashed within the city of Yeysk." In videos and images of the incident that have so far surfaced online, large black plumes of smoke can be seen emanating from the scene where the Russian jet went down, proceeded by a huge fireball.

19:40 (October 17) - The TASS news agency has reported that tw0 people died and at least 15 were injured in the plane crash. According to their latest.

The plane was said to be carrying a significant amount of fuel when it crashed causing extensive damage to the building. There was a fire from the 1st to the fifth floors of a residential building. I am also at the scene of the emergency, coordinating the work of all services. All services promptly went to the scene of the fire. According to TASS an area of about 2,000 square metres is on fire with all five stories of the block damaged. As a result, a fire broke out in a nine-story building.

A Su-34 bomber came down in the Russian port city of Yeysk after one of its engines caught fire during takeoff for a training mission, the Russian Defense ...

The Su-34 is a supersonic twin-engine bomber equipped with sophisticated sensors and weapons that has been a key strike component of the Russian air force. Military experts noted that as the number of military flights increased sharply during the fighting, so did the crashes. Other videos showed an apartment building engulfed by flames and loud bangs from apparent detonation of the warplane's weapons. Yeysk, a city of 90,000, is home to a big Russian air base. It said both crew members bailed out safely, but the plane crashed into a residential area, causing a fire as tons of fuel exploded on impact. The authorities reserved emergency rooms at local hospitals and scrambled medical aircraft.

A Russian SU-34 fighter jet crashed into a residential building in the western city of Yeysk on Monday, Russian state media TASS reported.

“The remains of the aircraft have been extinguished. “According to the report of the ejected pilots, the cause of the plane crash was the ignition of one of the engines during take-off. A building, believed to house hundreds of people, was later engulfed in flames, say officials.

Su-34 Crash: Russia's Su-34 has met with several tragedies - either going down in a crash or being shot down by Ukraine.

This is because the M-standard variant is thought to still be in the early stages of development and testing. The shoot-out was a case of friendly fire that struck Russia’s most advanced strike fighter. On October 17, a fighter bomber was training when one of its engines caught fire, and upon a climb, the aircraft crashed into a residential building in Yeysk. “According to the report of the ejected pilots, the cause of the plane crash was the ignition of one of the engines during take-off. If that figure is authentic, the number stands at 17 with the latest Su-34 crash. “The plane’s fuel caught fire after the Su-34 crashed into the courtyard of a residential building,” the ministry said. However, the aircraft crash is noteworthy as Russia has been conducting an intense aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities. Images and videos from the crash’s aftermath showed the residential neighborhood engulfed in flames and billowing smoke. According to officials, a building home to hundreds of people later caught fire. With 10 Su-34s visible on October 6, satellite imagery reveals that the Yevsk Air Base has grown into a “On October 17, 2022, a Su-34 aircraft crashed upon a climb during its training flight from a military airfield in the Southern Military District. According to Russia’s account, the bomber crashed into the courtyard of a residential building.

Pictures and video show a Russian Sukhoi Su-34 crashing into a residential tower block earlier today, causing a substantial fire.

Unfortunately, there are now reports of thirteen fatalities from those on the ground, including three children. Local and regional firefighters are trying to fight the blaze on the ground. The Su-34 is a bomber variant of Sukhoi’s Su-27 family of aircraft. Incredible photo of the Su-34 that crashed today in Yeysk, Russia, after one of its engines caught fire. It also appears to show the crew ejecting, seconds before the aircraft hits a building. The Ministry’s statement said that the two pilots ejected the aircraft.

The Su-34 is Russia's most advanced fighter in service today and was lost due to engine malfunction during a training sortie.

[#Russian](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Russian?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) fighter jet crashed into a residential building during training flight in the southern [#Russian](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Russian?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) city of [#Yeysk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Yeysk?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on Monday. Russia has opened a criminal investigation into the crash. Across the Sea is the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which has been under Russian control. The Su-34 has a service ceiling of 56,000 feet (17,000 m). Yeysk is a coastal city on the Sea of Azov. The Su-34 is a twin-engine, twin-pilot, and supersonic strike aircraft.