Thread by @RALee85

Just days after 2 Su-34 tactical bombers collided and crashed in the Far East, a Russian Tu-22M3 crashed today while attempting to land at the Olenegorsk airfield in Murmansk. 3 crew members died and the fourth is in critical condition.
tass.ru/proisshestviya…

This specific bomber was built in 1986 and overhauled by the 150th Aircraft Repair Plant in Kaliningrad in 2012. The initial reports point to bad weather conditions as a contributing factor.

Based off the overhaul detail, BMPD notes that this must be the Tu-22M3 (tail red # 35) of 40th Mixed Aviation Regiment. There is another Tu-22M3 with a red tail # 35, but it is located in Kaluga with the 52nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment.
bmpd.livejournal.com/3502758.html

This is the 5th Tu-22M3 lost since 2000 (including 1 during the 2008 war in Georgia), and the 3rd over the last 3 years.
In July 2004: a Tu-22M3 crashed during landing due to technical problems.
In June 2016 and Sep 2017, Tu-22M3s were lost after rolling off the runway.

Photos of the crashed Tu-22M3 (red tail # 35). Some sources are claiming it was armed with Kh-22N anti-ship missiles when it crashed.
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Video of the Tu-22M3 crash.
t.me/mig41

Notably, there was also damage between the cockpit and the rest of the fuselage from the 2017 accident when a Tu-22M3 (red 20, registration # RF-94233) of the 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division overshot the runway at Shaykovka airfield. theaviationist.com/2017/09/15/rus…