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Watch: Russian heavy bomber skidded off a runway during a major military exercise

by SOFREP News Team Sep 28, 2017

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Watch: Russian heavy bomber skidded off a runway during a major military exercise

A new video has been published of the crash of a Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 “Backfire” on Sept. 15, 2017.

The heavy bomber, said to be near maximum take-off weight at the time of the accident according to Russian language reports, ran off the end of the runway at Shaikavka Airbase during Zapad 2017 exercise.

The video was released today by the media outlet “Vzglyad”, a Russian-language online news source. The aircraft is attributed to the 52nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment.

Read the whole story from Business Insider.

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