Key points
- A Su-34 fighter-bomber crashed in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia; the navigator died from injuries sustained after an unsuccessful landing in a tree.
- According to media reports, the Su-34 aircraft crashed in a forest near the village of Veletma in the Kulebaki urban district, which is approximately 10 kilometers from the Savasleyka military airfield.
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A Su-34 fighter-bomber crashed in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia. The navigator of the aircraft died from his injuries.
This was reported by Channel 24 with reference to Russian media.
Su-34 crashes in Russia
The media reported that both Su-34 pilots managed to eject. One of them was allegedly found without any injuries.
Later, with the help of an emergency beacon, they found the navigator – he was much less lucky. According to Russian media, he died from the closed injuries he received. The navigator ejected, but landed unsuccessfully on a tree.
The rescuers handed him over to the medics, but they were unable to help the man.
Earlier, the network reported that the Su-34 aircraft crashed in a forest near the village of Veletma in the urban district of Kulebaki, which is approximately 10 kilometers from the Savasleyka military airfield. This is where the branch of the 4th State Center for Aviation Personnel Training and Military Testing is located.
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that the fighter crashed “during a scheduled training flight.”
Let us recall that on June 27, the SBU also conducted a special operation at the Marinovka airfield in the Volgograd region and destroyed two Su-34 frontline bombers, and two more were damaged. This was confirmed thanks to satellite images.
