SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Sixteen people were killed after an L-410 plane crashed near a city in Tatarstan region on Sunday, Russian media reported.
The plane had been carrying a group of parachute jumpers on board, the Emergencies Ministry said, according to TASS news agency.
Seven people were pulled alive from the wreckage, it said.
The plane was a Let L-410 Turbolet, which is a twin-engine short-range transport aircraft, Reuters reported.
An ageing Antonov An-26 transport plane crashed in the Russian far east last month killing six people. All 28 people on board an Antonov An-26 twin-engine turboprop died in a crash in Kamchatka in July.
