Posted on 10/17/2022 4:41:11 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A Russian warplane crashed Monday into a residential area in a Russian city on the Sea of Azov after suffering engine failure, leaving at least four people dead, three of whom died when they jumped from upper floors of a nine-story apartment building to escape a massive blaze.
A Su-34 bomber came down in the port city of Yeysk after one of its engines caught fire during takeoff for a training mission, the Russian Defense Ministry said. It said both crew members bailed out safely, but the plane crashed into a residential area, causing a fire as tons of fuel exploded on impact.
Authorities said at least four residents were killed, six were missing and 25 others were injured, including eight people who were in grave condition.
Vice governor of the region, Anna Menkova, said three of the four victims died when they jumped from the upper floors of the building in a desperate attempt to escape the flames, according to the RIA-Novosti news agency.
The authorities reserved emergency rooms at local hospitals and scrambled medical aircraft. At least 17 apartments were affected by the fire, and 250 residents were evacuated and provided with temporary accommodations.
The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin was informed about the crash and ordered the ministers of health and emergencies along with the local governor to head to the site. Yeysk, a city of 90,000, is home to a big Russian air base.
Several hours after the crash, regional Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev said that emergency services managed to contain the fire, making the evacuation of residents in adjacent buildings unnecessary.
Surveillance cam videos posted on Russian messaging app channels showed a plane exploding in a giant fireball. Other videos showed an apartment building engulfed by flames
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No Saudis needed, evidently. Apartment building completely destroyed.
Sorry to hear about that.
Four seems like a very low number for a whole apartment
building.
Hope it’s accurate.
I respect you for not cheering these kind of things. It would be a tragedy no matter anywhere in the world
Thanks. My whole opposition to the Russian war on the
Ukraine is the incredible loss of life.
You don’t have to like everything that doesn’t go your
way, but burning off 150,000 humans is no way to show
folks you have the high moral ground. You don’t.
Russian troops are dying. Ukrainian troops and civilians
are.
This needs to stop.
Russia needs to leave the Ukraine just as it found it.
It’s too late for that, but you know what I mean.
Your photo didn’t show up.
Give me a link and I’ll take a look.
Had read an article earlier saying that the Ruski’s shot down their own plane.
Update for Russian Ops vs. Ukraine for October 17, 2022
- Russian forces are closing in on Bakhmut city - with even the Western media noting the inevitability of Russia’s victory there;
- Ukrainian offensives are grinding to a halt - whatever additional gains they make will be temporary and inevitably reversed as Russia prepares what appears to be a major offensive of its own;
- Western media is depending heavily on propaganda to paper over severe weapon and ammunition shortages in Ukraine and the implications it has on Kiev’s fighting capacity;
- The US is lashing out with an increasingly desperate tone as nations around the globe refuse to subordinate themselves and their nation’s interests to US foreign policy objectives - India being among them;
Okay, four makes more sense there.
I envisioned a crash that engulfed the whole building in
a massive ball of fire and destruction.
Very good photo. I appreciate the follow-up.
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