Speaking to news channels, a source from the emergency services said that the L-410 plane with 20 paratroopers and 2 crew members crashed in Tatarstan.
The regional administration of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia also confirmed this information.
According to the latest information provided by the emergency services, 7 people were removed from the plane and sent to the hospital. According to preliminary information, 15 people died.
An investigation into the accident has begun.
According to the information conveyed to the Russian press by the Russian Investigation Committee, Department of Transport Interregional Investigation, an investigation has been launched regarding the L-410 plane crash that took place in Tatarstan.
An official said, “In Tatarstan, investigators are investigating the conditions under which the accident occurred. Investigators and criminologists from the Interregional Investigative Department of Transport of the Investigative Committee of Russia went to the scene. All the details and reasons for the accident are being clarified.”
According to local media reports, the cause of the accident was equipment failure.
The domestic L-410 is a twin-engine aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia in the late 1960s. In 1973, it started to be used for commercial purposes.
An official from the Tatarstan Ministry of Health stated that the condition of one of the 7 injured people was extremely serious.
The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations: 15 people were removed from the plane with no signs of life.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia announced that, according to the finalized data from the plane crash in Tatarstan, 15 people lost their lives and 7 people were rescued.
A ministry official told Sputnik, “There were 20 paratroopers and 2 crew members on board. 7 people were rescued, and 15 people with no signs of life were removed from the plane. A total of 50 personnel and 17 vehicles are working at the accident site.
The Russian Ministry of Health said 16 people died in the plane crash in Tatarstan.
Russian Deputy Minister of Health Aleksey Kuznetsov stated that 16 people died in the plane crash in Tatarstan, and 6 people were in serious condition.
Kuznetsov said, “According to the preliminary data available as of 11 o’clock, 16 people died as a result of the hard landing of the L-410 aircraft in the Menzelinsk region of Tatarstan, and 6 injured were being treated in health institutions by the emergency services and air ambulance teams.”
Tatarstan officials: A bird may have entered the engine of the crashed plane.
Tatarstan Menzelinsk Region Mayor Aydar Salahov stated that a bird may have entered the engine of the L-410 plane, which made a hard landing in the region, and this may have caused the engine to stop.
Speaking to members of the press, Salahov said, “According to the preliminary assessment, a bird or something else may have entered the engine. The left engine was disabled,” he said.
Earlier, the leader of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustem Minnihanov, announced that after the take-off of the plane, at 70 meters altitude, the pilots reported that the left engine was disabled and requested a forced landing permit.
