Russian Tu-95 Strategic Bomber Crashes in Amur Region, Killing Six
· World · Al Jazeera, NDTV, The Independent
A Russian military aircraft crashed during a training flight in the eastern region of Amur, killing six crew members and leaving one hospitalised, according to Russia's Ministry of Defence. The Tu-95 bomber went down in an uninhabited area near the Chinese border while flying without ammunition, as confirmed by the TASS news agency. An Aerospace Forces commission has been dispatched to the crash site to investigate the circumstances of the incident. Unverified social media videos of the aftermath showed heavy smoke rising from the burning aircraft. The Tupolev Tu-95 is a Soviet-era nuclear-capable bomber that was first flown in 1952 and remains in active service for routine military exercises by the Russian armed forces.
Why it matters
The crash underscores safety concerns surrounding Russia's aging military aviation fleet, which continues to rely on Soviet-era aircraft like the Tu-95 for routine training exercises.
Read the original report — Al Jazeera
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