Plane crashes in Russia's Tatarstan, 16 killed

A plane crashed in Russia's Tatarstan on Sunday, killing 16 persons and injuring seven others.

The injured have been hospitalised, as per reports.  According to Russian media reports, the plane was a Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft. It was owned by an aero club.

The local health ministry said that one of the seven injured people was in a critical condition.

Last month, an ageing Antonov An-26 transport plane crashed in the Russian far east, killing six persons. All 28 persons on board an Antonov An-26 twin-engine turboprop died in a crash in Kamchatka in July.

More details are awaited.