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The Independent
10 hours ago
- The Independent
Plane with 49 people crashes in Russia's Far East
The wreckage of a plane that crashed while carrying 49 people has been found in Russia's Far East, local emergency services said Thursday. Russia 's Emergency Situations Ministry said that they had found the plane's burning fuselage on a hillside south of its planned destination in the town of Tynda. Images of the reported crash site circulated by Russian state media show debris scattered among dense forest, surrounded by plumes of smoke. An initial aerial inspection of the site suggested that there were no survivors, Russia's Interfax news agency said, citing unnamed sources in the emergency services. Its sources also said that there were difficult weather conditions in the area. The transport prosecutor's office in the Far East reported that the site of the crash was 15 kilometers (9 miles) south of Tynda. The office said in an online statement that the plane attempted a second approach while trying to land when contact with it was lost. Forty-three passengers, including five children, as well as six crew members were on board the An-24 passenger plane as it traveled from the city of Blagoveshchensk on the Russian- Chinese border to the town of Tynda, regional Gov. Vasily Orlov said. Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry reported that 48 people were on board the flight, which was operated by Siberia-based Angara Airlines. The reason for the discrepancy was not immediately clear. The authorities have launched a probe on the charge of flight safety violations that resulted in multiple deaths, a standard procedure in aviation accidents.
The Independent
11 hours ago
- The Independent
Wreckage of missing Russian plane with nearly 50 people on board found
The Russian passenger plane that went missing in the eastern parts of the Amur region has been found crashed near the town of Tynda, emergency services told Interfax. 'Fifteen kilometre from Tynda, the wreckage of an An-24 was found on a slope. The plane was destroyed,' the Russian emergencies ministry was quoted as saying by the news agency. Earlier, it was reported that the An-24 passenger plane carrying nearly 50 people had gone missing in the Amur region. The Angara Airlines An-24 took off from Khabarovsk as scheduled on Thursday at 7.36am local time (00.36 Moscow time), according to the airport's press service. The aircraft was operating on the Khabarovsk–Blagoveshchensk–Tynda route but vanished from radar and stopped responding to calls just a few kilometres from Tynda airport. 'The An-24 plane was flying along the Khabarovsk-Blagoveshchensk-Tynda route. It failed to pass security checks near its final destination. There is no contact with it,' the emergencies ministry earlier said. Regional governor Vasily Orlov said on Telegram that initial reports indicated the Siberia-based airline called Angara was carrying 43 passengers, including five children, along with six crew members onboard. 'All necessary forces and means have been deployed to search for the plane,' he wrote. The emergencies ministry said there were about 40 people on board, according to Reuters. Interfax reported that the plane vanished during a second landing attempt, after an initial approach to Tynda airport was unsuccessful. A source was quoted as saying by Tass news agency: 'An An-24 operated by Angara Airlines failed to make contact at a designated checkpoint a few kilometres from Tynda Airport.' Tynda is located approximately 6,600km east of Moscow. Russia 's Amur region during an unregistered flight over the Zeya district in the northeastern part of the Amur region.
Finextra
4 days ago
- Finextra
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