this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
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BBC reported it was missing a wing on the way down, so either it just decided to shed its wing on its own or it was knocked off by something. Not too many things flying around in the air that can take off a plane wing.
It was a Russian plane though. These things probably lose wings regularly.