The Su-34 disaster in Yeysk occurred during takeoff for a training flight from the military airfield of the Southern Military District, — Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
At least one person died, three others, including a child, were hospitalized in serious condition, rosZMI.
It is also reported that 15 apartments were damaged as a result of the fire. Firefighters have so far been unable to localize the outbreak on an area of 2 square meters.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation claims that at the place of the crash of the Su-34 in the yard of one of the residential areas, the fuel of the aircraft ignited.
A detonation can be heard on the video.
The moment of the Su-34 crash in Yeysk.
The agency notes that according to the report of the pilots who ejected, the cause of the disaster was the ignition of one of the engines during takeoff.
The footage shows how the plane's engine catches fire, it begins to lose altitude, falls and explodes.
