Russian Defense Ministry: Tu-95 Aircraft Crashes, Killing Six Crew Members

Moscow, September 29 (QNA) – A Tu-95 aircraft crashed in Russia’s Far Eastern Amur region during a training flight, killing six members of its crew and injuring one, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement Tuesday.
The statement added that the aircraft went down in an unpopulated area and that the injured crew member was hospitalized.
The ministry further highlighted that the aircraft was flying without weapons and that a team from the Russian Air Force was headed to the crash site to investigate the incident.
Last Wednesday, a combat training aircraft crashed in the Moscow region due to a technical malfunction, with its pilot surviving the crash. (QNA)