Aircraft crashes into Russian residential building in Yeysk city - Al Jazeera English

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A ample blaze engulfed the gathering and witnesses connected the country said it was connected occurrence from the archetypal to the ninth floor.

A subject craft crashed into a residential gathering successful the confederate Russian metropolis of Yeysk aft what the defence ministry said was motor failure.

Unconfirmed footage connected societal media showed a ample fireball erupting from a multi-story gathering connected Monday. There were nary contiguous reports connected the fig of casualties.

The craft was identified arsenic a Sukhoi Su-34 combatant jet. The unit managed to eject earlier the level crashed, according to Russia’s defence ministry.

A ample blaze engulfed the building, stoked by the pitchy fuel, and witnesses connected the country were quoted by Russia’s Tass quality agency arsenic saying it was connected occurrence from the archetypal to the ninth floor. Firefighters were battling the blaze.

“While climbing to execute a grooming formation from the subject airfield of the confederate subject district, a Su-34 craft crashed,” a ministry connection said. “The origin of the clang of the craft was a occurrence successful 1 of the engines during takeoff.”

Interfax quoted exigency services arsenic saying 5 floors of the flat gathering were connected fire, the precocious floors had collapsed, and astir 45 apartments were damaged.

The blaze dispersed implicit 2,000 quadrate metres (21,500 quadrate feet), it said.

Regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said connected Telegram “all occurrence and rescue units successful the portion are moving connected extinguishing the fire”.

Russia’s investigative committee aboriginal announced it launched a transgression probe into the crash. “Military investigators are establishing the circumstances and causes of the incident,” it said.

Yeysk metropolis is located connected the Tangarog Gulf connected the seashore of the Sea of Azov that separates confederate Ukraine and confederate Russia.

Yeysk lies straight crossed the oversea from the Ukrainian metropolis of Mariupol, which is nether Russian power aft Moscow launched its “special subject operation” successful February.

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