ZHURAVLEVO, Russia (Sputnik) – Two parachute jump instructors and two pilots have been killed in a plane crash in Russia’s Kemerovo Region, a doctor at the Kemerovo Regional Centre for Disaster Medicine, told Sputnik on Saturday.
According to authorities, four people – including two pilots, one skydiver, and one instructor, died as a result of the crash.
Later in the day, the emergency services told Sputnik about the situation surrounding the survivors.
According to the Central Siberian Parachute-Jumping Club, the incident occurred soon after takeoff.
The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case in connection with the accident, spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told reporters. Investigators and criminologists have been dispatched to the scene.
In the meantime, the Volunteer Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Navy (DOSAAF), has suspended all L-410 aircraft flights pending the investigation results.
It was a training flight with 17 skydivers and two experienced crew members, the spokesman noted.
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