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Watch: Shocking footage of Russian Tu-22M3 Bomber crashing in the Arctic earlier this week

January 26, 2019
Alex Hollings 1 Comment Military Aviation, Video

Horrific footage of Tuesday’s crash of a Russian flagged Tu-22M3 bomber has surfaced on the internet, confirming initial reports that the aircraft broke apart during an attempted landing in Murmansk, a Russian city located north of the Arctic Circle.

The footage clearly shows the blizzard like conditions at the time of the incident before the bomber appears through the white out. It seems evident almost immediately that the aircraft is coming in too fast, before it hits the runway hard, bounces, and starts to come apart. The crash killed two of the bomber’s crew immediately, with a third later succumbing to his injuries while being treated at a nearby hospital.

“On 22 January, the Tu-22M3, after completing a scheduled training flight in the Murmansk region, made a hard landing when it encountered heavy snow… According to a report, two pilots were taken to a medical facility, where they’re receiving the necessary assistance. Two crew members were killed,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

The Russian Tu-22M first flew in the early 1970s, with the Tu-22M3 variant, also known as the Backfire, entering into service around ten years later. Like America’s B-1B Lancer, the Tu-22M boasts a variable-sweep wing design and is capable of sustaining supersonic speeds (as high as Mach 1.8), but unlike the B-1B, the Tu-22M3 is a nuclear capable strategic bomber. America’s B-1B had its nuclear wings clipped as a part of the START nuclear treaty with Russia and completed its conversion to conventional payloads only in 2011. According to Russian statements, this bomber carried no ordnance at the time of the crash.

Russia has been rapidly expanding its presence throughout the Arctic, including the establishment of new air strips. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Russian Air Force flew over a hundred reconnaissance and patrol flights from Arctic air strips in 2018.

 

Image screen captured from YouTube

 

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Alex Hollings Alex Hollings writes on a breadth of subjects ranging from fitness to foreign policy, all presented through the lens of his experiences as a U.S. Marine, athlete and scholar. A football player, rugby player and fighter, Hollings has spent the better part of his adult life competing in some of the most physically demanding sports on the planet. Hollings possesses a master's degree in communications from Southern New Hampshire University, as well as a bachelor's degree in Corporate and Organizational Communications from Framingham State University.

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