Passenger plane CRASHES in mountains ‘killing all 49 on board' including five children after vanishing in ‘poor weather'
A RUSSIAN passenger plane has crashed in remote mountains in the far east of the country.
The 49 people on board — including five children — are feared dead after the aircraft vanished in poor weather.
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A passenger plane with 49 people on board has crashed in Russia
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The aging An-24 aircraft, operated by Angara Airlines, had dropped off radar during a second landing attempt at Tynda airport in Amur region.
It had been flying the Khabarovsk–Blagoveshchensk–Tynda route and was battling low cloud and heavy rain when it disappeared.
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