A Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber crashed during a training flight in the Nizhny Novgorod area, the Interfax news agencyreported on Tuesday, pointing out the Defense Ministry.The aircraft was stated to have experienced mechanical failure with part of its landing equipment.
Despite efforts by the two pilots to fix the breakdown in flight, they were eventually forced to eject from the airplane, according to Interfax.Both pilots survived, and no damage was reported on the ground.The Su-34, which is widely utilized by Russian forces in Ukraine and approximated to cost simply under $15 million, decreased around 1 p.m.
regional time on Tuesday in an unpopulated area.The crash website lies about 300 kilometers (186 miles) east of Moscow, according to the Telegram news channel Baza, which has links to Russian security services.While the Defense Ministry said a rescue team reached the site and evacuated the team, Baza reported that just one pilot had been found since Tuesday afternoon.Tuesdays crashmarks a minimum of the 3rd such incident involving a Su-34 in simply over a year, following a fatal training accident in North Ossetia last June and another crash in the Volgograd area in July, in which both pilots securely ejected, according to the exiled news outlet Meduza.