A SU-34 bomber crashed during a training flight over the Caucasus

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The crew on board perished.

A Russian SU-34 bomber crashed during a routine training flight in the Caucasus region, likely due to a technical malfunction. The crew on board perished, according to Russian news agencies on Tuesday. The news was reported by TASR, citing Reuters.

“Preliminary indications suggest that the cause of the crash was a technical malfunction,” reported the Russian news agency TASS, citing a representative from the Ministry of Defense.

The crash occurred in a mountainous area of the Ossetian region in the Caucasus, clarified the ministry.

“The aircraft crashed in an uninhabited area. No damage occurred on the ground,” added the Russian Ministry of Defense.

It remains unclear how many people were on board at the time of the crash, according to Reuters.

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