A plane carrying a group of paratroopers crashed this Sunday, around 9:30 am in Menzelinsk, a town in Tatarstan, in central Russia.
According to the Interfax agency, 23 people were on board - two crew members and 21 paratroopers.
According to a latest report, 15 dead lost their lives.
For now, only seven people have been rescued, announces the Ministry of Emergency Situations and are now receiving medical care.
Let L-410 carrying skydivers crashes near Menzelinsk in Russia, killing 19 of the 22 on board.
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There is "no sign of life" for the other 16 passengers, said a representative of the ministry to the RIA Novosti agency.
The device, type L-410, was broken in two, according to images transmitted by the ministry.
The seven survivors were hospitalized and one of them is "in serious condition", according to RIA Novosti.
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