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Su-24 Bomber Crashes in Urals - No Casualties

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20:16 13/02/2012

MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti)

A Russian Air Force Su-24 Fencer tactical bomber crashed in the Urals region on Monday, the Defense Ministry said.

No one was hurt as the two pilots ejected safely in the Kurgan region.

The plane wreckage has already been found, a Defense Ministry official said.

Engine failure was the probable cause of the crash, the official said.

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