Plane crashes in Russia's Far East with 49 people on board
National Post24-07-2025
MOSCOW — A passenger plane carrying 49 people, including five children, crashed in Russia's Far Eastern Amur region Thursday, local emergency services said. Russian news agencies said that an initial aerial inspection suggested there were no survivors.
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Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said that they had found the burning fuselage of the Soviet-designed twin turbo prop plane on a hillside south of its planned destination in the town of Tynda, more than 7,000 kilometres east of Moscow.
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Images of the reported crash site circulated by Russian state media show debris scattered among dense forest, surrounded by plumes of smoke.
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In a video message posted Thursday evening local time, Amur regional Gov. Vasily Orlov said that rescuers had still been unable to reach the remote location where the plane crashed.
The transport prosecutor's office in the Far East reported that the site of the crash was 15 kilometres 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.
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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, Orlov said. The plane had initially departed from Khabarovsk before making its way to Blagoveshchensk on the Russian-Chinese border and onwards to Tynda.
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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.
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The authorities have launched a probe on the charge of flight safety violations that resulted in multiple deaths, a standard procedure in aviation accidents.
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Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said that they had found the burning fuselage of the Soviet-designed twin turbo prop plane on a hillside south of its planned destination in the town of Tynda, more than 7,000 kilometres east of Moscow.
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Images of the reported crash site circulated by Russian state media show debris scattered among dense forest, surrounded by plumes of smoke.
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In a video message posted Thursday evening local time, Amur regional Gov. Vasily Orlov said that rescuers had still been unable to reach the remote location where the plane crashed.
The transport prosecutor's office in the Far East reported that the site of the crash was 15 kilometres 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.
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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, Orlov said. The plane had initially departed from Khabarovsk before making its way to Blagoveshchensk on the Russian-Chinese border and onwards to Tynda.
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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.
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The authorities have launched a probe on the charge of flight safety violations that resulted in multiple deaths, a standard procedure in aviation accidents.
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