Two Dead As Russian Bomber Crashes During Training Flight

Faizan Hashmi Published January 22, 2019 | 10:28 PM

Two Russian bomber crew members died and two pilots were injured when their plane crashed on a training flight Tuesday, Moscow's defense ministry said, days after a deadly collision between two jets

Moscow, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Jan, 2019 ) :Two Russian bomber crew members died and two pilots were injured when their plane crashed on a training flight Tuesday, Moscow's defense ministry said, days after a deadly collision between two jets.

"A Tu-22M3 plane made a hard landing after a training flight, due to going into a snow flurry," falling apart on impact, TASS agency quoted the defense ministry as saying.

"Two pilots have been sent to a medical facility... two crew members have died," it said. The plane was not carrying munitions, it said.

The incident occurred in Russia's northern Murmansk region. Sources toldRussian agencies that emergencies services are trying to put out a fire at the accident site.