Near Vladivostok divers discovered the wreckage of the fallen 60 years ago Soviet aircraft, reports REN TV.
Thanks to a side room, which is preserved on one of the items, it was found that this jet bomber Tu-16 that crashed near the Russian island on a training flight. The car struck the winter sea ice left at the bottom of the funnel is a few meters. Seven crew members were killed.
To locate and raise the wreckage were not for the lack of technology suitable for deep water operations.
Heavy twin-engine Tu-16 was produced from 1953 to 1963 in different versions, including the submarine and tanker. He was in service for half a century. There were built fifteen hundred of these machines.