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Plane with 50 people on board crashes in Russia
A missing Russian passenger plane has crashed. It was carrying about 50 people.
Plane with 50 people on board crashes in Russia
The wreckage of the plane was found in Russia’s Amur region, bordering China. Its main structure was on fire. No immediate details were available.
The regional governor initially said on Thursday that control room communication with a passenger plane in a remote area of eastern Russia had been lost. A search operation is underway to find the AN-24 aircraft. The local emergency management ministry also said that the plane, operated by Siberia-based Angara Airlines, disappeared from radar screens en route to the city of Tundra in the Amur region, near the Chinese border.
Regional governor Vasily Orlov said, citing initial information, that there were 43 passengers on board, including five children. In addition, there were six crew members on board.
Vasily Orlov wrote in a post on the social media Telegram that the necessary forces and equipment have been deployed to search for the plane.
The Emergency Management Ministry said there were about 40 people on board. Meanwhile, the Interfax news agency quoted Russian emergency services officials as saying that the wreckage of the plane was found on a hill about 15 kilometers (10 miles) from the city of Tunda.
In a post on the Telegram, Rosaviatsia (Russia’s civil aviation authority) discovered the fuselage (main structure) of a MiG-8 helicopter. It was on fire.
A missing Russian passenger plane has crashed. It was carrying about 50 people.
The wreckage of the plane was found in Russia’s Amur region, bordering China. Its main structure was on fire. No immediate details were available.
The regional governor initially said on Thursday that control room communication with a passenger plane in a remote area of eastern Russia had been lost. A search operation is underway to find the AN-24 aircraft. The local emergency management ministry also said that the plane, operated by Siberia-based Angara Airlines, disappeared from radar screens en route to the city of Tundra in the Amur region, near the Chinese border.
Regional governor Vasily Orlov said, citing initial information, that there were 43 passengers on board, including five children. In addition, there were six crew members on board.
Vasily Orlov wrote in a post on the social media Telegram that the necessary forces and equipment have been deployed to search for the plane.
The Emergency Management Ministry said there were about 40 people on board. Meanwhile, the Interfax news agency quoted Russian emergency services officials as saying that the wreckage of the plane was found on a hill about 15 kilometers (10 miles) from the city of Tunda.
In a post on the Telegram, Rosaviatsia (Russia’s civil aviation authority) discovered the fuselage (main structure) of a MiG-8 helicopter. It was on fire.
