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Officials: Russian Military Plane Crashes into Residential Building in Siberia, 2 Pilots Killed 


Firefighters work at a site of a plane crash into residential building in the city of Irkutsk, Russia, Oct. 23, 2022, in this still picture taken from a video.
Firefighters work at a site of a plane crash into residential building in the city of Irkutsk, Russia, Oct. 23, 2022, in this still picture taken from a video.

A Russian fighter plane crashed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Sunday and the two pilots were killed, officials said.

In a post on Telegram, Irkutsk governor Igor Kobzev said the plane crashed into a two-story house in the city. The emergencies ministry said the pilots died, but there were no other casualties.

It was the second such incident in six days. Last Monday, a Sukhoi Su-34 fighter plane crashed into an apartment block in the southern city of Yeysk, near Ukraine, and at least 15 people were killed.

FILE - Emergency workers load debris of a warplane on a truck at the scene of a plane crash in a residential area in Yeysk, Russia, Oct. 18, 2022.
FILE - Emergency workers load debris of a warplane on a truck at the scene of a plane crash in a residential area in Yeysk, Russia, Oct. 18, 2022.

Russian news agencies said the plane in Sunday's incident was an Su-30. In a statement, the emergencies ministry said the plane crashed during a test flight.

Footage shared on social media showed what appeared to be several buildings on fire and dense black smoke rising into the sky.

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