Aircraft with 49 on board crashes in eastern Russia
The An-24 aircraft, operated by the Siberia-based Angara Airlines, dropped off radar screens while approaching its destination of Tynda, a remote town in the Amur region bordering China, The Guardian quoted Russia's local emergencies ministry as saying.
An aerial inspection of the crash site found no survivors, the newspaper quoted local emergency services as telling Russian news media. However, survivors could still be found during a ground search of the wreckage, the emergency services added.
✈️🚨 Passenger plane crashes in Russia's Amur region — over 40 people on board
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Parts of the burning wreckage were discovered 15 kms from the airport in Tynda on a mountainside, The Guardian quoted unidentified authorities as saying.
Footage being circulated by the Russian media showed thick smoke rising above a dense forest at the location reported to be the crash site.
Citing preliminary data, Regional Governor Vasily Orlov said that there were 43 passengers, including five children, and six crew members on board, Reuters reported. However, the emergencies ministry put the number of persons on board at around 40.
Yuliya Petina, an emergency services official, said that an 'Mi-8 helicopter belonging to Rosaviatsiya [Russia's Federal Agency for Air Transport] discovered the fuselage of the aircraft, which was on fire,' during the search operation, the news agency reported.
'Rescuers continue to make their way to the scene of the accident,' Petina added.
'The An-24 plane was flying along the Khabarovsk-Blagoveshchensk-Tynda route,' The Guardian quoted emergency services as having told Russian news agencies. 'It failed to pass security checks near its final destination. There is no contact with it.'
An investigation has been announced into the crash. The Russian transport investigative committee has said that malfunction and human error were being considered as causes of the crash.
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