A Su-30 fighter jet crashed in Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast, killing the crew. The crash was likely due to a technical malfunction.
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A Su-30 fighter jet crashed in Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast, killing the crew. The crash was likely due to a technical malfunction.
A Russian fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-30 crashed in the country's westernmost Kaliningrad Oblast on Aug. 12, Russian state-controlled TASS media outlet reported, citing the military.
The crash killed all of the crew members, TASS reported.
According to preliminary data, the jet crashed due to a 'technical malfunction.'
There was no ammunition on board and 'no threat to the settlement,' where the crash took place.
A Su-30 fighter jet crashed in the Kaliningrad region on 12 August due to a technical malfunction during a training flight.
The entire crew of the crashed Su-30 was killed.
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