Acting head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Alexander Chupriyan, will fly to Tatarstan, he will coordinate work to provide assistance to the victims and families of those killed in the plane crash, the ministry said.
“A working group of the EMERCOM of Russia with Acting Minister Alexander Chupriyan will fly to Naberezhnye Chelny. As part of the working group, employees of the central office, psychologists of the EMERCOM of Russia, the medical team of the Centropass detachment, “the ministry told reporters (quoted by Interfax).
The plane carrying 22 people – paratroopers and crew members – crashed this morning, October 10. According to the latest data from the regional Ministry of Health, as a result of the crash, 16 people were killed, another 6 people were removed from the plane alive. The ICR opened a criminal case on violation of traffic safety rules and the operation of air transport, which inadvertently resulted in the death of two or more persons.
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