Footage shows the moment when a Sukhoi plane hit a residential property
Videos have emerged showing the moment when a Russian Su-30 fighter jet crashed into a two-story house in the southern Siberian city of Irkutsk on Sunday, killing both pilots.
It is the second such incident in Russia this week, following a similar disaster in Krasnodar region, which left 15 dead and 26 injured.
A statement explained that the aircraft was conducting a test flight when it crashed. Irkutsk is a major center for Russia’s aviation industry, and is home to the production facility of the Irkut Corporation.
The dashcam footage was published on the Russian Telegram channel Mash and shows a bright flash from the explosion, and a thick cloud of smoke.
Another video emerged on social media shortly afterwards, showing the incident from a different angle, from which the plane can be seen nosediving and exploding upon impact.
Home to over 600,000 people, Irkutsk lies about 500 kilometers north of the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, and was known as a place of exile in Tsarist Russia. It is close to Lake Baikal, the world’s largest freshwater lake.
Irkutsk Region Governor Igor Kobzev wrote on his Telegram channel that fire crews and other first responders were working at the crash site.
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