Training aircraft crashes in Orsk, killing three

A training aircraft has crashed in the city of Orsk in Russia's Orenburg region, with preliminary reports indicating three fatalities.

Apr 18, 2026

The Diamond training aircraft crashed in a village near Orsk, resulting in three fatalities.
Source:
Central Investigative Directorate of the Russian Investigative Committee / Telegram

An emergency occurred in the Orenburg region: a Diamond training plane crashed in Orsk. According to 56.RU, three people died, and no official comments on the topic have been received yet.

However, preliminary information is being published by federal Telegram channels. Thus, SHOT reports that the aircraft disappeared from radars around 10:40 and crashed in the village of Dzhantalap near Orsk. The plane belongs to the Novikov Leningrad Academy.

According to «112», the plane contained cadets from the St. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation and a pilot — emergency services are heading to the scene, and colleagues from TASS are already citing them, confirming the information about three deaths.

Update:

The government of the Orenburg region commented on the tragedy — we show the first photo from the scene. A pre-investigation check was also conducted (and we publish several more frames with wreckage). Rosaviatsiya classified the incident as a disaster. The father of 20-year-old Timofey Kurdurov confirmed that his son was on board. The mother of the second cadet also spoke with journalists — he is from the Moscow region.

Over the past 5 years, 5 emergencies with Diamond planes have occurred in the Orenburg region: here — about each of them. A criminal case has been initiated. A spontaneous memorial has been organized at the monument «To Aviators of All Generations».

All news on the crash in Orsk is gathered in a separate section.