2022 Irkutsk military aircraft crash

2022 Irkutsk military aircraft crash
Destroyed building after the plane crash
Accident
Date23 October 2022 (2022-10-23)
~17:30 (UTC+08:00)
SummaryCrashed into a residential building; Under investigation
Site2nd Sovietsky Lane, building 4, Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia[1]
52°19′59″N 104°11′55″E / 52.33306°N 104.19861°E / 52.33306; 104.19861
Total fatalities2
Total injuries1
Aircraft
Aircraft typeSukhoi Su-30SM
Flight originIrkutsk Northwest Airport
Crew2
Fatalities2
Injuries0
Survivors0
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities0
Ground injuries1

The crash of the Su-30 occurred at about 17:30 local time on 23 October 2022 in the city of Irkutsk in eastern Russia.[2] The Su-30SM aircraft was performing a test flight when it fell on a wooden two-story residential building in 2nd Sovetsky Lane.[3] Both the pilots were killed. The residents of the house were not hurt as they were not home.[4][5]

  1. ^ https://38.mchs.gov.ru/deyatelnost/press-centr/novosti/4867002 Авиапроисшествие в г. Иркутске
  2. ^ "Крушение Су-30 в Иркутске произошло во время приемо-сдаточного полета" (in Russian). Интерфакс. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  3. ^ "Крушение Су-30 в Иркутске произошло во время приемо-сдаточного полета". Interfax.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  4. ^ "В Иркутске истребитель Су-30 упал на двухэтажный дом" (in Russian). Коммерсантъ. 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  5. ^ "Су-30 разбился в Иркутске во время испытательного полета". Fontanka.ru. 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2022-10-23.

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