MOSCOW. Sept 12 (Interfax) - A Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft has crashed near Volgograd, and search and rescue helicopters are on the way to the crash site, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
"A Su-24 aircraft crashed while making a planned training flight in the Volgograd region," it said.
"The flight was carried out without armaments. The plane came down in an unpopulated area. The search and rescue service's Mi-8 helicopters were dispatched to the scene," it said.