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Old 14th Jul 2015, 09:00
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Another Tu-95MS Bear H has crashed. Initial reports state that the crew got out.

Tu-95 crashed near Khabarovsk
07/14/2015 11:06:23
Moscow. July 14th. Interfax-AVN - Tu-95MS bombers crashed when performing routine training flight 80 km from Khabarovsk at 09:50 Moscow time, the Russian Defense Ministry informs.
"The crew left the aircraft. The flight was carried out without ammunition", - the report says press control Service and Information Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, which was received by the "Interfax-AVN" on Tuesday.
It is noted that "the plane crashed in an uninhabited area on the ground destructions."
This is not the first incident with the aircraft of this type in recent years. June 9 this year, a strategic missile-carrier bomber Tu-95 skidded off the runway in the Amur region on Monday during a routine training flights at the airport "Ukrainka".
The incident resulted in the death of one crew member, the others received injuries of varying severity.

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