The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine believes that a Russian military plane crashed into a residential building in Irkutsk due to poor repair.
This was reported in the press service of the intelligence.
It was also noted there that two Su-30SM aircraft underwent testing after repair work. One of them, after fulfilling the flight plan, landed at the airfield, the second remained in the air, and the crew did not communicate for 20 minutes.
The first plane took off again and approached the troubled plane. The pilots saw that the crew of the other plane had died. This was probably due to a fault in oxygen supply system. When the malfunctioning plane ran out of fuel, it crashed into a residential building.
"The disaster of the Russian plane is connected with the low level of repair work. As a result, the cabin depressurized during the flight. The crew was unable to eject, which led to the death of both pilots," the Main Directorate of Intelligence said.
Ukrainian intelligence officers also learned the name of one of the dead pilots — Viktor Kryukov.
- On October 23, a Su-30 military plane crashed into a two-story building in the Russian city of Irkutsk.
- On October 17, a Su-34 fighter jet, which could carry a full combat kit, crashed near a residential building in Yeysk, Russia. Subsequently, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed the downing of the Su-34. According to the statement by the department, the plane fell “while gaining altitude during a training flight”. Then 15 people died, and 26 were injured.