Yeisk, Russia: A Russian fighter jet has crashed into an apartment building in the southern Russian city of Yeisk, plunging apartments in a huge fireball, and officials are quoted as saying that at least two people have been killed.
A video clip published by the military news channel Zvezda, Monday (Russian time), showed explosions on board the plane as it headed towards the apartments.
Flames and smoke ignited in a building after a warplane crashed into a residential area in Yeysk, Russia.attributed to him:AP
Regional Governor Veniamin Kondratiev said the plane was a Sukhoi Su-34, a medium-range hypersonic bomber.
News agencies quoted emergency officials as saying that at least 15 people were injured. They said the pilots had been fired.
The state-owned RIA news agency said the accident occurred during a training flight from a military airport. It quoted the Ministry of Defense as saying that the pilots reported an engine igniting on takeoff, and then the plane’s fuel igniting when it hit the building.
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The Russian State Investigative Committee, which deals with serious crimes, said it had opened a criminal case and sent investigators to the scene.
The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin had been informed, and he had ordered all necessary assistance to be provided to the victims. She added that he had ordered the Ministers of Health and Emergency to go to the area.
“Emergency services are already working right away – all regional fire and rescue garrisons are working to put out the fire,” Kondratiev, the governor of the Krasnodar region, which includes Yesk, wrote on Telegram.
Originally published at Melbourne News Vine
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