Nuclear-capable Russian bomber crashes amid snowstorm
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MOSCOW: A nuclear-capable supersonic bomber crashed while trying to land in a snowstorm in Russia’s far north on Tuesday, but the aircraft did not have any weapons on board.
Two of the Tupolev-22M3 plane’s four-man crew died in the crash and a third later died of his wounds in hospital. The fourth crew member survived.
The accident happened in Russia’s Murmansk region when the Soviet-era plane tried to land at an airbase near the city of Olenegorsk in a fierce snowstorm and amid high winds.
The plane broke up on the tarmac and caught fire.
The Russian defence ministry said it was investigating all possibilities, including a technical fault.
Published in Dawn, January 23rd, 2019
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Jan 23, 2019 09:59am
No nuclear weapons on board? How fortunate! Condolences...
Gordon D. Walker
Canada
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Jan 23, 2019 12:03pm
Almighty we pray to save all the soldiers and civilians in this crash. Very heart breaking news.
Love to Russia from Pakistan.
Russia the land of Alexander the great!
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Jan 23, 2019 01:33pm
What a grave and great tragedy?
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Jan 23, 2019 08:36pm
Reminds me of broken arrow.
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Jan 24, 2019 01:21am
@Imtiaz Ali Khan, Alexander the Gt. was a Macedonian/Greek, not Russian.
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Jan 24, 2019 08:46am
@Tariq, Lahore,Alexander Emperor of Russia dear brother he was the real great.
Russia the land of Czar Alexander the great!
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