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A Russian fighter jet caught fire and crashed into a lake Wednesday while conducting a training run in the northern Murmansk region.

Video taken from afar of the two-seat long-range supersonic all-weather plane shows stunned bystanders gasping as it plunges behind the tree line.

The jet was taking part in a planned exercise outside the city of Monchegorsk, not far from the border Russia shares with new NATO member Finland, state media outlet TASS reported.

“During the execution of a planned flight, one of the engines of the MiG-31 caught fire, after which it fell. According to preliminary data, the plane crashed into the lake,” the news agency quoted a law enforcement source as saying.

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