Russian Defence ministry confirms crash of nuclear capable bomber due to snowstorm
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A nuclear-capable Tupolev-22M3 supersonic bomber crashed while trying to land in a snowstorm on Tuesday in Russia's far north, the Defence Ministry said, saying the aircraft did not have any weapons on board. Two of the plane's four-man crew died in the crash and a third later died of his wounds in hospital, Russian news agencies reported. The fourth crew member survived. The accident happened in Russia's Murmansk region when the Soviet-era plane tried to land at an airbase near the city of Olenegorsk in a fierce snowstorm and amid high winds. The plane broke up on the tarmac and caught fire. The Defence Ministry said it was investigating all possibilities, including a technical fault.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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