The wreckage of the L-410 plane at the crash site near the town of Menzelinsk.

Moscow:

Fifteen people were killed after an L-410 plane carrying parachutists crashed in Russia’s central republic of Tatarstan on Sunday, the emergencies ministry said.

“Seven people were rescued, 15 people were taken out without signs of life,” the ministry said on its Telegram channel.

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