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NHK
5 days ago
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Russian investigators: All aboard passenger plane in Far East crash dead
Russia's Investigative Committee says all people on board a passenger plane that crashed in the country's Far Eastern region of Amur have died. The region's governor says it was carrying 48 people, not 49 as he initially announced. Russian media reported that the plane, operated by local carrier Angara Airlines, went down on Thursday. The Antonov An-24 aircraft lost contact with air traffic control shortly after 1 p.m. local time, while flying north from Blagoveshchensk, a major city in Amur, to Tynda, about 700 kilometers away. The state-run TASS news agency reported that the crash site was on a mountainside 16 kilometers from Tynda. Aerial footage released by aviation authorities shows white smoke rising from a forest and what appears to be the wreckage of the plane.
Irish Times
5 days ago
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- Irish Times
Some 48 people, including 5 children, die after plane crashes in Russia
A Russian passenger plane carrying 48 people crashed in the country's far east on Thursday as it was preparing to land, killing everyone on board, the regional governor and investigators said. The burning fuselage of the Antonov An-24 plane, which was made in the Soviet era and was nearly 50 years old, was spotted on the ground by a helicopter. There were 42 passengers, including five children, and six crew members on board. Smoke rises from the crash site. Photograph: Russia Emergency Situations Ministry/AP Investigators said they had opened a criminal case into the suspected violation of air traffic and air transport rules, resulting in the death of more than two people through negligence. Video shot from a helicopter showed the plane came down in a densely forested area and pale smoke could be seen rising from the crash site. There were no roads to the site and a rescue team numbering over 100 people had to use heavy machinery to cut a path there. Vasily Orlov, the regional governor, offered his condolences to the families of those who died and declared three days of mourning, ordering flags to be lowered to half mast. 'I regret to inform you that, according to preliminary data, there are no survivors of the An-24 plane crash in the Tynda District. Rescuers have reached the crash site,' he said in a statement. The plane was on a flight by a privately owned Siberian-based regional airline called Angara. The aircraft's tail number showed it was built in 1976 and was operated by Soviet flag carrier Aeroflot before the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. It was en route from the city of Blagoveshchensk to Tynda, a remote town and important railway junction in the Amur region bordering China, and dropped off radar screens while preparing to land. Debris from the plane was found on a hill around 15km (10 miles) from Tynda, the Interfax news agency quoted emergency service officials as saying. A representative from Angara told Reuters they could not offer any more details. The federal Russian government said it had set up a commission to deal with the aftermath of the crash and authorities announced an investigation into the cause. The Kremlin said president Vladimir Putin had been notified of the crash. At least one Chinese citizen was reported to have been on board and Chinese president Xi Jinping sent his condolences to Mr Putin over the crash. Angara airline is based in the Siberian city of Irkutsk and serves airports in Siberia and Russia's far east. It operates 10 An-24s built between 1972 and 1976, according to the RussianPlanes web-portal. It was one of two Siberian airlines that last year asked the Russian government to extend the service life of the Antonov aircraft, as Russian plane makers scramble to plug the gap left by an exodus of foreign manufacturers. Nicknamed 'flying tractors' by some, the propeller-driven An-24s are regarded as reliable workhorses by the Russian aviation industry and are well-suited to the harsh conditions in Siberia as they are able to operate in sub-zero conditions and don't have to land on runways. But airline executives, pilots and industry experts say the cost of maintaining the Antonovs – which make up a fraction of Russia's fleet of over 1,000 passenger planes – has increased after western sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine hit investment and access to parts. Many of the planes were due to be retired from service in the coming years, but mass production of the new Ladoga aircraft, the same class as the An-24, is not due to begin until 2027 at the earliest. – Reuters
BBC News
5 days ago
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Nobody survive afta plane wey carry 48 pipo crash for go down for Russian far east
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5 days ago
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Russian media: All people aboard passenger plane feared dead in Far East crash
A passenger plane carrying more than 40 people has crashed in Russia's Far Eastern region of Amur. The state-run TASS news agency quotes an aviation official as saying there are no signs of survivors. Russian media reported that the plane operated by local carrier Angara Airlines went down on Thursday. The aircraft, an Antonov An-24, lost contact with air traffic control shortly after 1 p.m. local time, while flying north from Blagoveshchensk, a major city in Amur, to Tynda, about 700 kilometers away. The regional governor said 43 passengers and six crew members were on board. TASS reported that the crash site was in a forest area 16 kilometers from Tynda. Aerial footage released by aviation authorities shows white smoke rising from a forest and what appears to be wreckage of the plane.
South China Morning Post
5 days ago
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- South China Morning Post
Passenger plane carrying nearly 50 crashes in eastern Russia
A Russian Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying about 50 people crashed in the country's far east on Thursday, and everyone on board was feared to have been killed, emergency services officials said. Advertisement The burning fuselage of the plane, which was made in the Soviet era and was nearly 50 years old, was spotted on the ground by a helicopter, and rescue crews were rushing to the scene. Video shot from a helicopter and posted on social media showed the plane came down in a densely forested area. Pale smoke could be seen rising from the crash site. The plane was on a flight by a privately owned Siberian-based regional airline called Angara. The aircraft's tail number showed it was built in 1976 and was operated by the Soviet flag carrier Aeroflot before the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. The crash site. Photo: Investigative Committee of Russia via AFP The plane was en route from the city of Blagoveshchensk to Tynda, a remote town and important railway junction in the Amur region bordering China. It dropped off radar screens while preparing to land.
