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The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the death of 6 members of the crew of a military plane of the "Tu-95" type and the injury of another, following its crash during a training flight in the Amur region in eastern Russia.
The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the plane crashed while carrying out a training flight in the Amur region, noting that the incident occurred in an uninhabited area.
It added that 6 crew members died, while the injured person was transferred to a health institution for treatment.
The ministry stated that the plane carried out the flight without ammunition.
It pointed to the dispatch of a committee from the Air and Space Forces to the area to determine the causes of the accident.
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