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The crashed machine of the type L-410
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Another plane crash occurred in Russia: A plane with more than 20 people on board crashed in the Russian republic of Tatarstan on Sunday.
On board were parachutists from a regional aero club.
At least eleven people died, according to the Russian Ministry of Civil Protection.
The authority confirmed to the Interfax agency in the morning the crash of the light twin-engine L-410 transport aircraft near an airfield in the city of Menselinsk.
Rescue workers have so far recovered eleven bodies from the wreck, it said.
At least seven people are said to have survived the crash - with serious injuries.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that a total of 16 people died.
The President of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnichanov, expressed his condolences to the families of the victims.
According to his press office, he flew to the scene of the accident.
Even hours after the crash in the morning, it was unclear exactly how many people were in the machine.
According to initial findings, there were two pilots and 20 passengers on board, later it was reported that a total of 23 people were on board.
Overloading of the aircraft as a possible cause of the crash
On social networks, pictures of the wreck could be seen in a pile of logs.
Accordingly, the machine crashed on the ground near a village.
Helpers reported that the plane caught fire and that the fire was quickly extinguished.
The cause of the crash was suspected to be an overload of the aircraft or a technical failure, which is why the pilot tried an emergency landing.
The crash site is 290 kilometers east of the republic capital Kazan.
In Russia, dozens of people have already died in several aviation accidents this year.
The reasons are often violations of safety regulations, outdated technology or human error.
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