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BreakingNews.ie
5 days ago
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- BreakingNews.ie
Plane carrying 48 people crashes in Russia's Far East
Forty-eight people have died in a plane crash in Russia's Far East, the head of the country's Amur region said. The An-24 passenger plane disappeared from radar as it travelled from the city of Blagoveshchensk on the Russian-Chinese border to the town of Tynda. Advertisement Rescuers later found the aircraft's burning wreckage amid dense forests on a hillside south of its planned destination. Regional Governor Vasily Orlov said all passengers, including five children, and crew on board the aircraft were killed in the crash. He also announced three days of mourning. Images of the reported crash site circulated by Russian state media show debris scattered among dense forest, surrounded by plumes of smoke. An An-24 passenger plane belonging Siberia-based Angara Airlines (Marina Lystseva/AP) Russia's Interfax news agency said there were adverse weather conditions at the time of the crash, citing unnamed sources in the emergency services. Advertisement Several Russian news outlets also reported that the aircraft was almost 50 years old, citing data taken from the plane's tail number. The transport prosecutor's office in the Far East reported that the site of the crash was nine miles south of Tynda. The office said the plane attempted a second approach while trying to land when contact with it was lost. The plane had initially departed from Khabarovsk before making its way to Blagoveshchensk and onwards to Tynda. Advertisement Authorities have launched an investigation on suspicion of flight safety violations that resulted in multiple deaths, a standard procedure in aviation accidents. Such incidents have been frequent in Russia, especially in recent years as international sanctions have squeezed the country's aviation sector.
Free Malaysia Today
5 days ago
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- Free Malaysia Today
Plane crashes in Russia, nearly 50 on board feared dead
The Antonov An-24 passenger plane was from the Soviet era and was nearly 50 years old. (AP pic) MOSCOW : An Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying about 50 people crashed in Russia's far east today and initial information suggested that everyone on board was killed, Russian emergency services officials said. The burning fuselage of the plane, which was from 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. Unverified video, shot from a helicopter and posted on social media, appeared to show that the plane had come down in a densely forested area. The plane, whose tail number showed it was built in 1976, was operated by a Siberia-based airline called Angara. It was en route from the city of Blagoveshchensk to Tynda and dropped off radar screens while approaching Tynda, a remote town in the Amur region bordering China. There were 43 passengers, including five children, and six crew members on board according to preliminary data, Vasily Orlov, the regional governor said. The emergencies ministry put the number of people on board somewhat lower, at around 40. Debris from the plane was found on a hill around 15km from Tynda, the Interfax news agency quoted emergency service officials as saying. 'During the search operation, a Mi-8 helicopter belonging to Rossaviatsiya discovered the fuselage of the aircraft, which was on fire,' Yuliya Petina, an emergency services official, wrote on Telegram. 'Rescuers continue to make their way to the scene of the accident'. Authorities announced an investigation into the crash.
Times
5 days ago
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- Times
Russian passenger plane carrying 49 crashes in Far East region
Rescuers have located the burning wreckage of a passenger aircraft that disappeared from radar screens with 49 people on board as it approached a town in the Russian Far East. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the An-24 turbo-prop at about 1pm local time— thought to be carrying 43 passengers and six crew — as it approached Tynda in the Amur region, which borders China. Russian state news agencies cited the Ministry of Emergency Situations and local officials as saying a search helicopter had discovered a burning fuselage on a slope about ten miles (16km) from Tynda. The helicopter was unable to land and rescue personnel were making their way to the site on foot. The aerial inspection found no sign of survivors at the crash site, and everyone on board the plane was expected to have died, emergency officials said. Vasily Orlov, the Amur governor, earlier said that according to preliminary data there were five children among the passengers. 'All necessary forces and means have been deployed to search for the plane,' he wrote on the Telegram messaging app. The An-24, which had a tail number dating it to 1976, was operated by the Siberia-based Angara Airlines. It had taken off from the city of Blagoveshchensk and apparently crashed when it was making a second approach to the runway in Tynda, after a first attempt had to be aborted. Tynda is a town of about 35,000 people and is known as an important railway junction on the Baikal-Amur Mainline, or BAM, which traverses eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, and was a flagship Soviet construction project. A source told the Tass news agency that pilot error in poor weather conditions as the aircraft approached the town may have caused it to crash into a low hill. Other reasons were also possible, the source added.
Times
5 days ago
- General
- Times
Russian passenger plane carrying 49 crashes in Far East
Rescuers have located the burning wreckage of a passenger aircraft that disappeared from radar screens with 49 people on board as it approached a town in the Russian Far East. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the An-24 turbo-prop at about 1pm local time— thought to be carrying 43 passengers and six crew — as it approached Tynda in the Amur region, which borders China. Russian state news agencies cited the Ministry of Emergency Situations and local officials as saying a search helicopter had discovered a burning fuselage on a slope about ten miles (16km) from Tynda. The helicopter was unable to land and rescue personnel were making their way to the site on foot. The aerial inspection found no sign of survivors at the crash site, and everyone on board the plane was expected to have died, emergency officials said. Vasily Orlov, the Amur governor, earlier said that according to preliminary data there were five children among the passengers. 'All necessary forces and means have been deployed to search for the plane,' he wrote on the Telegram messaging app. The An-24, which had a tail number dating it to 1976, was operated by the Siberia-based Angara Airlines. It had taken off from the city of Blagoveshchensk and apparently crashed when it was making a second approach to the runway in Tynda, after a first attempt had to be aborted. Tynda is a town of about 35,000 people and is known as an important railway junction on the Baikal-Amur Mainline, or BAM, which traverses eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, and was a flagship Soviet construction project. A source told the Tass news agency that pilot error in poor weather conditions as the aircraft approached the town may have caused it to crash into a low hill. Other reasons were also possible, the source added.
Yahoo
5 days ago
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- Yahoo
Plane with 49 people on board crashes in Russia's far east
A Russian plane carrying 49 people has crashed with no survivors, according to reports. The aircraft - which had 43 passengers, including five children, and six crew on board - was flying from the city of Blagoveshchensk on the Russian-Chinese border to the remote town of Tynda, regional governor Vasily Orlov said. "All necessary forces and means have been deployed to search for the plane," Mr Orlov said on Telegram. There were no survivors, news agency TASS reported, adding an error during landing in poor visibility as a reason for the crash in the eastern part of the Amur region. Unverified video, shot from a helicopter and posted on social media, appeared to show that the plane had come down in a densely forested area. Burning fuselage of the plane, which was from the Soviet era and was nearly 50 years old, was found by a rescue helicopter, emergency officials said, adding that rescue crews were rushing to the scene. The Antonov An-24 passenger jet, built in 1976 according to its tail number, and operated by a Siberia-based airline called Angara, disappeared from radar over the area, local officials said. It was believed to be a few kilometres away from its destination when it lost contact, the SHOT news agency reported. The local emergencies ministry put the number of people on board somewhat lower, at around 40. Debris from the plane was found on a hill around 15 km (10 miles) from Tynda, the Interfax news agency said, quoting emergency officials. Yuliya Petina, an emergency services official, wrote on Telegram: "During the search operation, a Mi-8 helicopter belonging to Rossaviatsiya discovered the fuselage of the aircraft, which was on fire. "Rescuers continue to make their way to the scene of the accident". An investigation has been launched, authorities said. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the Sky News App. You can also follow @SkyNews on X or subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep up with the latest news.
