Firefighters work at a website of a aircraft crash into residential constructing within the metropolis of Irkutsk, Russia.

Irkutsk, Russia:

A Russian navy jet crashed right into a residential constructing within the Siberian metropolis of Irkutsk on Sunday and the 2 pilots have been killed, officers stated, the second such deadly incident in six days involving a Sukhoi fighter aircraft.

In a submit on Telegram, Irkutsk governor Igor Kobzev stated the aircraft crashed right into a two-storey home within the metropolis. He revealed a video exhibiting firefighters clambering over the wreckage and directing jets of water on the nonetheless smouldering rubble.

No one on the bottom was harm, the governor stated.

Officials stated the aircraft was a Sukhoi Su-30 fighter on a check flight. Last Monday, a Sukhoi Su-34 crashed into an residence block within the southern metropolis of Yeysk, close to Ukraine, and at the least 15 folks have been killed.

Authorities stated preliminary investigation of that catastrophe – during which the pilots ejected – pointed to a technical malfunction of the plane.

Videos of Sunday’s incident, shared on social media, confirmed the aircraft dived virtually vertically earlier than crashing in a fireball, sending dense black smoke into the sky. Kobzev stated 150 close by houses have been with out electrical energy and work was underneath solution to restore energy.

Russia’s state Investigative Committee stated it had launched a prison investigation into violations of air security guidelines.

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