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According to CCTV News, TASS 24, investigators initially determined that two birds crashed into the engine, causing the plane to catch fire, which was the reason for the crash of the Su-34 fighter in Yesk City, Russia.
TASS quoted Russian law enforcement agencies as saying that "When takeoff, two seagulls crashed into the Su-34 fighter engine. experts found the wreckage of the bird when inspecting the wreckage of the plane. This caused one of the engines to catch fire and the plane crash."
Previously, Russian Ministry of Defense reported that according to the report after the pilot ejected and escaped, the plane caught fire during climbing.
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On the evening of October 17, a Su-34 heavy bomber that took off at the military airport of the southern Russian military region to perform a training flight mission crashed in a residential area of Yesk City, Krasnodar Krai. The pilot successfully parachuted and escaped. After the plane crashed in a residential area, the plane's fuel exploded and the fire spread to a nearby nine-story residential building. The accident has killed 15 people and injured 20 people.
The Russian Investigation Committee has stated that the main reason for the crash of the Su-34 fighter jet was a technical failure, and characterized the accident as a violation of flight or pre-flight preparation specifications.
Previously, The Russian Ministry of Defense issued an announcement on the 317th that a Su-34 fighter jet crashed in Yesk City when it took off from an military airport in the southern military region for training flight on the same day. The leaked fuel in the fighter plane crash caused a fire to a residential building.
The governor of Krasnodar Province announced on social media that night that a state of emergency was imposed in the crashed area of Yeishi.
On the 18th local time, Russian President Press Secretary Peskov issued a statement saying that Russian President Putin expressed deep condolences to the families of those who lost their loved ones in the Yeishiki accident.
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