A Russian Su-34 fighter bomber crashed in Russia's North Ossetia, killing both crew members. The crash was attributed to a technical malfunction.
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A Russian Su-34 fighter bomber crashed in Russia's North Ossetia, shortly after midnight Tuesday, killing both crewmembers in the side-by-side two-seat cockpit
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that a Su-34 military aircraft crashed in North Ossetia, killing the crew.
The plane was conducting a scheduled training flight.
Preliminary data indicates the crash was caused by a technical malfunction.
A Su-34 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed in the mountains of North Ossetia during a scheduled training flight due to a technical malfunction, killing both crew members.
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