On November 13, the Russian Defense Ministry said a Su-30 multi-purpose fighter crashed in Prionezhsky district, Karelia, during a training flight, killing both pilots.
Karelian head Artur Parfyonchikov said rescue forces had been dispatched to remote mountainous areas near the border with Finland and there were no recorded casualties.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the plane crashed at around 7pm on November 13 (local time). The plane crashed in an area with no residents. The flight did not carry weapons" - the Ministry's announcement stated.
A special committee will investigate the incident, and the pilot error is considered a higher possibility than the technical error, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
The Su-30 is a 2-seat multi-purpose fighter, often used for airstrikes and superior air control.
The plane crash in Karelia extends a series of non-combat air incidents in Russian territory. In July, a Su-34 crashed in the Nizhny Novgorod region in a similar situation.
The plane was said to have a technical error related to the system and the more it took off, at that time the two pilots tried to handle the problem while flying but eventually had to parachute. Both survived and suffered no underground damage.
The July incident was the third Su-34 accident in more than a year. Previously, a training accident in North Ossetia in June 2024 caused human casualties, while another Su-34 crashed in the Volgograd region in July 2024, with both pilots parachuting safely.
