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Plane Crashes into Mountain With Children Onboard
A Russian passenger plane carrying 49 people, including children, disappeared from radar Thursday morning and was later found crashed on a mountainside, state media reported.
The An-24 aircraft was found on a mountainside 10 miles from Tynda in a remote northern region, emergency services told RIA Novosti.
There were 43 passengers on board including, including 5 children and 6 crew members, Vasily Orlov, the governor of Amur region, said.
The fuselage of the plane was spotted during a search mission by a Mi-8 helicopter after the aircraft disappeared from radar.
Video shared on Telegram showed what was thought to be the crash site:
"So far, the helicopter with rescuers cannot land in the area of the crash - it is a hard-to-reach area, a mountain slope," an official told the regional press, according to TASS, the country's state news agency.
The aircraft departed from Blagoveshchensk-a city situated on Russia's southeastern border with China-and was en route to the northern town of Tynda.
This is a breaking news story-more to follow.
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