At least ten people were injured in the emergency landing of an aircraft near the town of Cita in the Russian Babajkal region in the southeast of Siberia. Two are in critical condition, local authorities reported on Sunday. There were 11 people on board the plane – ten skydivers and one pilot, Ria Novosti said, writes TASR.
Aircraft An-2 belonged to a voluntary company for cooperation with the army, aviation and navy (DOSAAF) And, according to the rescue services, they have an emergency landing 16 minutes after the start in the wooded area near Cita. There was no fire at the point of impact, there were approximately 40 rescuers with 12 pieces of technology.
“Overall, ten people were injured, two of them are in a critical condition, and the other eight suffered moderate injuries,” She told reporters a regional hospital spokeswoman quoted by TASS. The cause of the emergency landing was not immediately known.
