3 Russian Military Pilots Killed by Faulty Ejection Seats

3 Russian Military Pilots Killed by Faulty Ejection Seats
A Tupolev Tu-160 and Tu-22M3 military aircrafts fly over Red Square in Moscow, in a file photo. Pavel Golovkin/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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MOSCOW—Three members of a Russian warplane crew died Tuesday when their ejection seats accidentally activated during preflight checks, the military said.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that the incident happened Tuesday at a military airbase in the Kaluga region, about 145 kilometers (90 miles) southwest of Moscow.