Eight people died in a private plane crash in Russia's Ural region of Chelyabinsk on Sunday morning, the Interfax news agency reported.

A private SM92T plane crashed on Sunday morning near the town of Korkino, Vyacheslav Ladonkin, head of the Russian Emergency Situation Ministry's Central Office for the Chelyabinsk region, was quoted as saying.

All people aboard the plane, including the pilot and seven parachutists, have been killed, Ladonkin said, adding an investigation into the incident is underway, he said.