Aircraft crashes into residential building in Russian city near Crimea

Military aircraft crashes into residential building in Russian city near Crimea: Pilots eject shortly after take-off when Su-34’s engine catches fire

A Kremlin military plane has crashed into a residential building in Russia causing a huge fireball explosion.

The aircraft ploughed into the block of flats in Yeysk, a resort city on the Sea of Azov near Crimea.

The plane was allegedly an Su-34 fighter bomber whose engine failed to ignite correctly during take-off, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.

The pilots are understood to have ejected before the horror crash.

Unconfirmed photos circulating on social media show the dramatic fireball ripping through the building as a fully-deployed parachute floats to the ground nearby.

Unconfirmed photos circulating on social media show the dramatic fireball ripping through the building as a fully-deployed parachute floats to the ground nearby 

The aircraft ploughed into the block of flats in Yeysk, a resort city on the Sea of Azov near Crimea

The Russian ministry of defence said: ‘On October 17, 2022, while climbing to perform a training flight from the military airfield of the Southern Military District, a Su-34 aircraft crashed. The aircraft crashed within the city of Yeysk.

‘According to the report of the ejected pilots, the cause of the plane crash was the ignition of one of the engines during takeoff.

‘At the site of the crash of the Su-34 in the courtyard of one of the residential areas, the fuel of the aircraft ignited.’ 

Firefighters helicopters and ambulances rushed to the scene of the nine-floor apartment block.

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