Russian bomber crashes – one dead

Russian bomber crashes one dead
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full screen A Tu-22M flies over Red Square in Moscow ahead of a military parade in May 2016. Photo: AP/TT

A pilot was reportedly killed when a Russian fighter jet crashed during a training exercise in Siberia late Thursday.

Another three people were injured, the governor of the Irkutsk region, Igor Kobzev, said on Telegram.

The plane, a Tupolev Tu-22M strategic bomber, reportedly crashed after suffering a technical failure.

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