Plane crashes into residential building in south Russia

A plane reportedly crashed into a residential building in Russia's Krasnodar region, Sputnik reported on Monday afternoon.

The other media said that the plane was a training aircraft that reportedly crashed into a residential building in the southwestern Russian city.

Footage uploaded to social media shows multiple angles of the apparent plane crash.

Interfax citing Yeysk city authorities reports the aircraft was a Su-34 military plane.

“According to the report from the ejected pilots, the crash was caused by a combustion of one of the engines at take-off,” Russia's Defense Ministry said in a statement, according to Sputnik.

According to the latest figures released by Russian news agencies, at least 2 people were killed and 15 others were injured.

MNA