# A Russian strategic bomber plane crashed on Monday in Siberia’s Irkutsk region during a training flight. The Russian Defence Ministry said the aircraft’s four-person crew had managed to safely eject. The Tu-22, which can carry hypersonic “Kinzhal” missiles and is code named “Backfire” by NATO, is a Soviet-era supersonic bomber that Russia has since used for combat missions in Syria and Ukraine. Unverified footage of the crash on social media showed a plane nose-diving into a thickly wooded area not far from the banks of the Angara river, producing a huge column of smoke.
Russian bomber plane crashes in Siberia, smoke seen for miles