{"id":241,"date":"2025-07-05T05:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T05:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=241"},"modified":"2025-07-05T05:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T05:28:14","slug":"16-killed-after-plane-crash-in-russias-tatarstan-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=241","title":{"rendered":"16 killed after plane crash in Russia\u2019s Tatarstan region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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At least 16 people were killed and six injured after a plane crashed in Russia\u2019s Tatarstan region on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft, which came down near the city of Menzelinsk, was carrying 20 parachutists and two crew members. Six people were in a serious condition, the health ministry said. The crash took place at about 9:23am <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cSix people were rescued, 16 were taken out without signs of life,\u201d the emergencies ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tatarstan Governor Rustam Minnikhanov, who travelled to the scene, said pilots reported an engine failure and requested an emergency landing shortly after taking off. He said the plane tried to avoid a nearby residential area as it approached for landing but \u201cthe altitude didn\u2019t allow it\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plane hit a parked van with its wing and the aircraft turned over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian investigators launched a criminal probe over the violation of safety rules<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to Interfax, the plane belonged to the Voluntary Society for Assistance to the Army, Aviation and Navy of Russia, which describes itself as a sports and defence organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was created in the 1920s and Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man to travel to space in 1961, has trained on its airfields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The head of the Menzelinsk parachuting club said it was not to blame for the accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are the best, we are among the top five clubs,\u201d Ravil Nurmekhametov told TASS, adding the club has hosted European and World championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCosmonauts train here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state-run Cosmonaut Training Facility suspended ties with the aeroclub pending an investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Russian aviation safety standards have improved in recent years but accidents, especially involving ageing planes in far-flung regions, are not uncommon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, an ageing Antonov An-26 transport plane crashed in the Russian far east, killing six people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All 28 people on board an Antonov An-26 twin-engine turboprop\u00a0died in a crash\u00a0in Kamchatka in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country also frequently experiences non-fatal air incidents that result in rerouted flights and emergency landings, usually stemming from technical issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flying in Russia can be particularly dangerous in the vast country\u2019s isolated regions, such as the Arctic and the Far East, where weather conditions are frequently extreme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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