MOSCOW, Sept. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Three crew members were killed and one missing as a Russian strategic bomber crashed Thursday noon incentral Russia during a test flight, Itar-Tass news agency reported.

　　The Tupolev-160 strategic bomber, with four crew members aboard,crashed at 11:04 a.m. Moscow time in the Saratov region, about 700kilometers southeast of Moscow.

　　The search for the body of the fourth crew member was under way,a spokesman for the Emergency Situations Ministry said. Enditem