“Is the plane really falling?”: a Tu-22M bomber fell before the eyes of the Russians (video)

Lyudmila Zhernovska17:59, 08/15/24

The Russian Tu-22M long-range supersonic missile carrier-bomber crashed in the Irkutsk region .

Russian Telegram channels report the plane crash. According to their data, the bomber fell in the Cheremkhov district of the Irkutsk region. The crew managed to eject, but there is no information about their condition.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has already confirmed the disaster. The statement says that the Tu-22M3 crashed during a scheduled flight. The previous cause of the accident was a technical malfunction.

“The crew ejected, there is no threat to their lives. The plane fell in a deserted area, there was no destruction on the ground,” the Ministry of Defense reported.

The fall of the Tu-22M

(C)UNIAN 2024

9 comments

  1. The Russian authorities claim that all four pilots of the Tu-22M3 bomber that crashed in the Irkutsk region have been found and are alive.

    It is noted that the crew members were found by operational services.

    According to Russian Telegram channels, the pilots have bruises and suspected fractures. At the same time, one of the pilots suffered more than the others.

    THEY WILL NOT FLY FOR SOME TIME…………..

  2. “The crew ejected, there is no threat to their lives. The plane fell in a deserted area, there was no destruction on the ground,”

    So the plane landed softly on a bed of feathers?

    • A Russian pilot died in the crash of a Tu-22M bomber in the Irkutsk region, the region’s governor Igor Kobzev reported on a Telegram channel on the night of August 16.

      “Work at the crash site of the military aircraft TU-22M3 continued all night. To my deep regret, one of the pilots could not be saved. This information is provided by the military command bodies of the Russian Ministry of Defense,” Kobzev said.

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