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Yahoo
2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Three people found alive after small plane comes down in Siberian forest
(Reuters) -Search and rescue teams have found three people, including two pilots, alive after their small plane made an emergency landing in the forests of Siberia on Tuesday, Russia's civil aviation authority said. The Antonov An-2 had issued distress calls while flying over the Yakutia region. Authorities initially said five people were aboard the aircraft before revising the figure to three. (Reporting Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Lucy Papachristou and Lidia Kelly; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
Mint
2 days ago
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- Mint
Plane goes missing in Siberia: Russia says five aboard, including two pilots; search and rescue operation launched
An Antonov An-2 plane, carrying five people, including two pilots, has gone missing in the deep Siberian forests on June 10, according to a statement from Russia's civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia, Reuters reported. As per details from the local emergency ministry office, shared by national news agency TASS, the plane had issued distress signals over the forests in Yakutia region of far northwestern Russia, it added. A search and rescue plane has been sent to locate the aircraft that was performing forestry aerial reconnaissance, Rosaviatsia said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. The aircraft, mass-produced during the Soviet era, is a single-engine biplane, widely used for agricultural and forestry purposes. (This is a breaking story, more updates are awaited…)
The Star
2 days ago
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- The Star
Plane with five aboard missing in Siberia, Russia says
(Reuters) -A plane with five people aboard, including two pilots, went missing in the deep forests of Siberia on Tuesday, Russia's civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia said. The Antonov An-2, a Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane aircraft widely used for agricultural and forestry purposes, issued distressed signals over the forests of Yakutia in far northeastern Russia, TASS news agency reported, citing the local emergency ministry's office. A search and rescue plane has been sent to locate the aircraft that was performing forestry aerial reconnaissance, Rosaviatsia said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. (Reporting Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Lidia Kelly; Editing by Saad Sayeed)
