Russian plane crash kills 19

Nineteen people are feared dead after a plane crashed in central Russia on Sunday.

An L-410 plane crashed near a city in Tatarstan region.

The plane had been carrying a group of parachute jumpers on board, the Emergencies Ministry said, according to the TASS news agency. Seven people were pulled alive from the wreckage, it said.

The plane was a Let L-410 Turbolet, which is a twin-engine short-range transport aircraft.