One of Russia’s Tu-95 strategic bombers crashed during a training flight in the Amur region, killing six crew members, the country’s defense ministry said on Tuesday.
The plane was not carrying any ammunition, and a seventh crew member survived the initial crash and was hospitalized, the defense ministry added, per state media.
“A Tu-95 military aircraft made an emergency landing while conducting a training flight near Krasnoyarovo. The crew did everything possible to divert the aircraft away from residential buildings,” the ministry said in a statement.
According to state media, the bomber went down shortly after taking off from the Ukrainka…
