In Russian city of Yeysk, Su-34 crashed into a high-rise building during takeoff; there are victims
UKRAINSKA PRAVDA — MONDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2022, 18:54
On the evening of 17 October, a Su-34 fighter-bomber crashed into a residential building in Yeysk, Russia; a fuel fire has occurred as a result.
Source: Russian state-owned news outlet TASS, citing the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Details: The Russian Su-34 aircraft crashed in Yeysk during takeoff. It crashed into a high-rise building at 20/1 Kommunisticheskaya Street.
The cause of the accident, according to the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, was that one of the engines caught fire during takeoff. The crew managed to eject.
Updated at 19:20: Russian media report that several explosions were heard after the plane crashed into a residential area in Yeysk. The Russian Ministry of Defence clarified that at the site of the Su-34 jet fighter crash, the fuel of the plane caught fire in the yard of one of the residential blocks.
Updated at 20:09: The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that two people have died, and 15 were hospitalised. As a result of the plane crash, fire engulfed the first through the ninth floors of the residential building, and about 100 people were evacuated.
На Кубані Су-34 впав на багатоповерхівку під час зльоту pic.twitter.com/KhIKyzlghl
— Українська правда ✌️ (@ukrpravda_news) October 17, 2022
Reference: The Bell Internet publication has reported that the crash of the Su-34 aircraft in Yeysk is at least the tenth non-combat loss of Russian military aircraft in less than eight months of the war in Ukraine.
Background: A week ago in Rostov Oblast of the Russian Federation, a military aircraft that was supposed to make a combat sortie crashed; the day before that accident, another bomber crashed in the same Oblast.
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