A video circulating after the 15 June crash shows a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber dropping into a steep nose-down descent before impact in Irkutsk region. The aircraft went down during a training flight near Kamenka, with all four crew members ejecting safely and no damage reported on the ground.
The footage matters because it frames the failure mode as a sudden loss of control rather than a runway excursion or post-landing fire. That keeps attention on the airframe, engines, and recovery procedures, while investigators review whether the event began with mechanical failure during approach.
The result adds another attrition point for a fleet already under strain.