At least 7 parachutists killed in plane crash in Siberia - GulfToday

At least 7 parachutists killed in plane crash in Siberia

  • 19 Jun 2021
Mexico-plane-crash-750

Picture used for illustrative purposes only.

At least seven parachutists were killed and over a dozen injured after a twin-engine L-410 aircraft crashed in a forest in Russia's Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia, Russian media reported on Saturday.

TASS news agency, citing an emergency service source, said up to 17 people were injured in the crash near the Tanay aerodrome.

READ MORE

Girl protects her brother from bullets with her body during an armed attack in New York

Experts warn India on third COVID-19 wave by October

It said the plane crashed into a nearby forest. It cited local prosecutor office as saying the crew had sent a distress signal about an engine failure.

A spokesman at a Siberian branch of Russian civil aviation agency Rosaviatsia told Reuters that a search and rescue operation was under way, declining to provide details.

Reuters

Related articles

Russian cargo plane with 7 on board crashes in Siberia



A Russian freight plane with seven people aboard crash landed in Eastern Siberia and caught fire, rescue officials announced on Wednesday.

03 Nov 2021

Russian military jet crash leaves 13 dead as search ends

Russian President Vladimir Putin was informed of the fire and ordered "all necessary assistance be given to casualties from the military plane incident", the Kremlin told the state-run TASS news agency.

18 Oct 2022

Russian artillery kills 70 Ukraine soldiers in military base shelling

Governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyy posted photographs of the charred shell of a four-story building and rescuers searching rubble. In a later Facebook post, he said many Russian soldiers and some local residents also were killed during the fighting on Sunday.

01 Mar 2022

Russia expels two German diplomats in row over killing

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it would expel two German diplomats from Moscow in a tit-for-tat response after Berlin last week ordered the expulsion of two Russian diplomats.

12 Dec 2019

Most Popular Stories

Other Articles

Dubai students create 4 stunning sustainable art sculptures

Shahram Shamsaee, CEO, Merex Investment says: "Our sustainability initiative with school students was driven by the desire to nurture an eco-consciousness generation and to ignite innovation among young people."

25 minutes ago

UAE charity urges people to help clean up, climate-proof areas after rain

For the next three weeks, all community mobilisation activities organised as part of the charity’s flagship Leaders of Change programme, will be open to the public and dedicated towards cleanup and restoration at impacted rural areas.

an hour ago

Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy seeks to hone Emirati talent in cultural diplomacy

Nickolay Mladenov, Director-General of AGDA, said: "This MoU underscores our joint dedication to fully harness the potential of the UAE's culture and arts sector."

2 hours ago

Gaza protests grow at US colleges, thousands demonstrate in Brooklyn

The growing protests follow mass arrests of demonstrators at some East Coast universities in recent days, and show a deepening dissatisfaction in the United States, historically Israel's most important ally, with the course of the war with Hamas.

3 hours ago