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Putin’s top military commander killed in Russian plane crash (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Sources at the crash site, speaking to state news agencies Tass and RIA Novosti, confirmed that the plane plummeted into a cliff face.

CFIT, if true. Not defenestration this time, apparently.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago

Running into a cliff face at speed is like falling out the window of a tall building, just rotated 90°.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 1 points 3 months ago

Depending on how fast the impact and how pancaked the fuselage there is a strong chance it was a partial defonstration