Tu-22M3 bomber crashed in Irkutsk region

The crew of the crashed in The Tu-22M3 missile bomber capable of carrying nuclear projectiles in the Irkutsk region previously managed to eject. This was announced by the governor of the region Igor Kobzev.

The governor clarified that the crash of the bomber occurred near the bank of the Angara River near the village of Kamenka in the Bokhansky district of the Irkutsk region.

According to him, the pilots are alive, they were found by local residents.

"There are no casualties or damage. Doctors are already working with the crew, if necessary, people are ready to be evacuated to the regional center," Kobzev wrote in his Telegram channel, urging not to panic.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, a military aircraft crashed while landing during a scheduled training flight. He was flying without ammunition. The commission of the Main Command of the Military Space Forces (VKS) is working at the crash site of the Tu-22M3.

The Fighterbomber Z-channel also notes that the crew ejected.

"Everyone is alive. The navigators were taken out of the water. The pilots landed comfortably. Relatively, of course," the author of the TC pointed out.

According to him, the cause of the accident, "was previously the failure of one engine at the landfill, and the second engine also failed when returning home."

According to information TC Shot, on board the Tu-22M3 were the commander of the aircraft, his assistant, as well as the navigator-navigator and navigator-operator. Previously, they escaped by jumping out with parachutes. Shot also writes that the cause of the emergency was an engine failure, after which a missile carrier capable of carrying nuclear bombs lost control and fell into the forest.