Russian military plane crashes in Yeisk 13 dead, end of search
At least thirteen people including three children lost their lives after the crash of a Russian military plane SU-34 Monday in the city of Yeisk, near Ukraine, according to a report by the Russian authorities, who announced Tuesday the end researches.
The Ministry of Emergencies said in a statement that rescuers had “finished the rubble search”discovering “ten bodies” additional, after announcing the death of three people. “The total number of victims is 13, including three children” et “19 people were injured”according to the ministry, quoted by Russian news agencies.
The crash on Monday evening caused a fire in the nine-story building where around 600 residents resided. Russian President Vladimir Putin was informed of the crash and dispatched Health Minister Mikhail Murashko and Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov to Yeisk, according to a Kremlin statement.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, quoted by Russian agencies, the fire engulfed five of the nine levels of the building, covering some 2,000 m2. The Ministry of Defense explained that the pilots of the bomber had been able to eject. It was a training flight according to the same source, which evokes a technical problem after“one of the engines caught fire on takeoff”. The governor of Russia’s Krasnodar region, Venyamin Kondratiev, said that “all fire and rescue units in the region are working to put out the fire”.