Sixteen people killed in plane crash in Tatarstan - health ministry-UPDATED

Sixteen people killed in plane crash in Tatarstan - health ministry-UPDATED
# 10 October 2021 11:21 (UTC +04:00)

Sixteen people were killed and six more were injured when a plane crashed in Tatarstan on Sunday, Alexei Kuznetsov, aide to the Russian minister of health, told journalists, APA reports.

"According to preliminary reports as of 11 am, Moscow time, 16 people were killed during a hard landing of an L-410 plane in Tatarstan’s Menzelinsk District. Six injured people are being taken to clinics of the republic by ambulances and ambulance aircraft," he said.

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A Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft, owned by an aero club, has crashed in the city of Menzelinsk, Tatarstan, a source from emergency services has told, APA reports citing TASS.

According to the source, the plane crashed at about 09:11 Moscow time.

"There were 20 people on board," the source said.

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