Russian combat jet crashes into Siberian residential building

A Russian warplane crashed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Sunday, killing both crew members.

The crash came less than a week after another Russian combat jet crashed near an apartment building in the Sea of Azov port of Yeysk and exploded in a giant fireball, killing 15 and injuring another 19.

Irkutsk governor Igor Kobzev said the plane came down on a private, two-storey building housing two families.

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There were no casualties on the ground.

The United Aircraft Corporation, a state-controlled conglomerate of Russian aircraft-making plants, said in a statement that the plane came down during a training flight before its delivery to the air force. The jet carried no weapons during the flight.

The cause of the crash was not immediately known and an official probe has started.

Sunday's crash was the 11th reported non-combat crash of a Russian warplane since Moscow sent its troops into Ukraine on 24 February.