2 Pilots Killed as Russian Fighter Jet Crashes Into Siberian Home

2 Pilots Killed as Russian Fighter Jet Crashes Into Siberian Home
Firefighters work at a site of a plane crash into residential building in the city of Irkutsk, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2022, in this still from video. Stringer/Reuters
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IRKUTSK, Russia—A Russian military jet crashed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Sunday and the two pilots were killed, officials said, the second such fatal incident in six days involving a Sukhoi fighter plane.

In a post on Telegram, Irkutsk governor Igor Kobzev said the plane crashed into a two-story house in the city. He published a video showing firefighters clambering over the wreckage and directing jets of water at the still smoldering rubble.