Russian apartment building destroyed by... Russian warplane

At least four people are dead and 25 are injured in Yeysk, Russia, after an Su-34 fighter-bomber plane crashed into an apartment complex Monday during a training flight.

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One of the engines caught fire during takeoff and the two pilots are alive after ejecting from the plane, according to Russian-state controlled media outlet TASS.

“According to the report of the ejected pilots, the cause of the plane crash was the ignition of one of the engines during take-off,” according to Russian officials as reported by the Washington Examiner. “At the site of the crash of the Su-34 in the courtyard of one of the residential quarters, the plane’s fuel ignited.”

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