Mi-8 helicopter and Su-34 bomber crash in Bryansk region: TASS

A Mi-8 helicopter and a Su-34 bomber have crashed in the town of Klintsy of the Bryansk region of Russia, Report informs, citing TASS.

At first, there were reports of a helicopter crashing. “A helicopter has crashed in the town of Klintsy. According to initial reports, the cause was the engine catching fire,” a source told TASS.

Then Telegram channel 112 claimed that two helicopters could have crashed in the Bryansk region at once, the first in the town of Klintsy and the second in the town of Starodub.

Later, TASS reported, citing emergency services, that the second aircraft that crashed was not a helicopter but a Su-34 bomber.

Two people aboard the helicopter were killed in the crash. Su-34’s two pilots were also killed in the crash, Telegram channel Mash reports. “The pilot and the navigator were unable to eject. Their bodies have been located, the crash site has been cordoned off,” Mash’s post says.