Sixteen people were killed after an aircraft carrying parachutists crashed in central Russia on Sunday, the emergencies ministry said.  

The L-410 plane carrying 22 people crashed around 9:23 a.m. local time (0623 GMT) during a flight over the Republic of Tatarstan, the ministry said on its Telegram channel. "Six people were rescued, 16 were taken out without signs of life," the ministry said.

Images published by the ministry showed the aircraft broken in half with a severely dented nose.