Sixteen feared dead in plane crash in central Russia
This handout picture taken and released on October 10, 2021 by the Russia’s Emergencies Ministry shows a wreckage at a site of the L-410 plane crash near the town of Menzelinsk in the Republic of Tatarstan. An aircraft carrying parachutists crashed in central Russia on October 10, 2021, the emergencies ministry said, with sixteen people feared dead. According to the Interfax news agency, the plane belonged to the Voluntary Society for Assistance to the Army, Aviation and Navy of Russia, which describes itself as a sports and defence organisation. RUSSIAN EMERGENCY MINISTRY / AFP
An aircraft carrying parachutists crashed in central Russia on Sunday, the emergencies ministry said, with sixteen people feared dead.
The L-410 plane carrying 23 people crashed around 9:23 a.m. local time (0623 GMT) during a flight over the republic of Tatarstan, the ministry said on its Telegram channel, adding that seven have been rescued from the debris.
The remaining sixteen are “without signs of life,” a representative of the emergency services told the RIA Novosti news agency.
Images published by the ministry showed the aircraft broken in half with a severely dented nose.
The local health ministry said that the seven survivors are in hospital, one is in “very serious condition”, RIA Novosti reported.
According to the Interfax news agency, the plane belonged to the Voluntary Society for Assistance to the Army, Aviation and Navy of Russia, which describes itself as a sports and defence organisation.
Two L-410 aircraft suffered fatal accidents in Russia earlier this year.
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