Hunt for missing plane carrying 49 people after it disappears off radar in Russia
The local emergencies ministry said the plane, operated by a Siberia-based airline called Angara, dropped off radar screens while approaching its destination of Tynda, a town in the Amur region bordering China
Regional governor Vasily Orlov said on Thursday that according to preliminary data, there were 43 passengers, including five children, and six crew members on board.
"All necessary forces and means have been deployed to search for the plane," he wrote on Telegram.
A rescue helicopter has located the burning fuselage of a Russian passenger plane , an emergencies official is reported to have said.
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