JULY 6, 2015
MOSCOW, RUSSIA (AP)
A Russian military aircraft crashed Monday while taking off
on a nighttime training flight and both pilots were killed, the Defense
Ministry said.
It was the fifth accident involving a Russian military
aircraft in the past month, but the first with fatalities.
The Su-24 bomber crashed while taking off from an airfield
in the Khabarovsk region in Russia's Far East at 9:35 p.m. local time, the
ministry said in a statement. Shortly after leaving the runway, the plane
banked sharply to the left and struck the ground, the ministry said.
The military said it has grounded its fleet of Su-24s until
the cause of the crash could be determined.
On Friday, a MiG-29 fighter jet went down in southern Russia
but the pilot ejected safely. Another MiG-29 crashed in southern Russia on June
4, its crew of two bailing out safely.
Also on June 4, a Su-34 bomber ran off the runway upon
landing in the southwestern Voronezh region and overturned. The two crew
members were unhurt in the accident, which the Defense Ministry said at the
time was caused by a failure of the plane's breaking parachute.
On June 8, a Tu-95, a large four-engine bomber, ran off the
runway in the Far East and several Russian crew members were injured. The cause
was believed to have been a fire in one of the engines.
Narrative:
| Date: | 06-JUL-2015 |
| Time: | 14:35 MSK |
| Type: |  Sukhoi Su-24M |
| Owner/operator: | Russian Ministry of Defence |
| Registration: | |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Khurba Air Base (KXK/UHKK) -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | (IATA: KXK, ICAO: UHKK) |
| (IATA: KXK, ICAO: UHKK) |
The Su-24M crashed on take-off. The crew were planning to perform a routine training flight in the Khurba terminal area.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=177602 http://www.interfax.ru/russia/451897