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Shafaq News
4 days ago
- Shafaq News
Gas explosion kills three in southern Russia
Shafaq News – Saratov A gas explosion tore through a 10-story apartment building in Saratov's Leninsky district killing at least three people, including a child, Russia's Emergency Ministry confirmed. The blast collapsed part of the structure, with photos showing upper floors destroyed and debris scattered below. Witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion moments before the collapse. While gas blasts in Russia are often linked to aging Soviet-era infrastructure, officials said the building was erected in 2011 and is managed by Sovezdye+.
Time of India
6 days ago
- General
- Time of India
Doomed descent: Did a crew error lead to fatal Russian jet crash that killed 45? What investigators revealed
A Russian passenger plane carrying 49 people crashed in the remote Amur region on Thursday, with investigators suspecting possible crew error as a contributing factor. The Antonov An-24 aircraft, operated by Angara Airlines, lost contact with air traffic control shortly before it was due to land at Tynda airport. No distress signal was issued. Russia's emergency situations ministry confirmed that the burning wreckage was discovered 15 kilometres south of Tynda, in a densely forested and mountainous area. Images released by state media showed twisted debris scattered among trees, with plumes of smoke rising from the crash site. Rescue helicopters, including a Mi-8, were deployed, but early reports from the site indicated no signs of survivors. Governor of the Amur Region, Vasily Orlov, said the plane was carrying 43 passengers, including five children, and six crew members. However, the Emergency Ministry later reported 48 people were on board. The discrepancy remains unexplained. According to the Eastern Interregional Investigative Department for Transport, a criminal case has been opened under Part 3 of Article 263 of the Russian Criminal Code — which concerns violations of flight safety resulting in multiple deaths. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 15 most beautiful women in the world Undo Investigators have already begun a series of forensic and procedural actions at the scene. The transport prosecutor's office revealed that the crew had attempted a second landing at Tynda before communication was lost. Sources cited by Interfax suggested adverse weather conditions may have complicated the approach, although the absence of a distress signal has raised questions about the crew's actions in the final moments. The An-24, a Soviet-era twin turboprop introduced in the 1950s, remains in service for regional flights across Russia, though concerns about its ageing technology have grown in recent years. More than 1,000 of these aircraft were built, many of which still operate in harsh environments like Siberia and the Far East.
CNN
6 days ago
- CNN
Plane goes missing in Russia's Far East with nearly 50 aboard
Air travel safety Airplane crashes RussiaFacebookTweetLink Follow Air traffic controllers lost contact on Thursday with an An-24 passenger plane carrying about 50 people in Russia's Far East, and a search was under way, the regional governor said. The local emergencies ministry said the plane, operated by a Siberia-based airline called Angara, dropped off radar screens while approaching its destination of Tynda, a town in the Amur region bordering China. Regional governor Vasily Orlov said that according to preliminary data, there were 43 passengers, including five children, and six crew members on board. 'All necessary forces and means have been deployed to search for the plane,' he wrote on Telegram. The emergencies ministry put the number of people on board somewhat lower, at around 40. This is a developing story and will be updated.
CNN
6 days ago
- CNN
Plane goes missing in Russia's Far East with nearly 50 aboard
Air travel safety Airplane crashes RussiaFacebookTweetLink Follow Air traffic controllers lost contact on Thursday with an An-24 passenger plane carrying about 50 people in Russia's Far East, and a search was under way, the regional governor said. The local emergencies ministry said the plane, operated by a Siberia-based airline called Angara, dropped off radar screens while approaching its destination of Tynda, a town in the Amur region bordering China. Regional governor Vasily Orlov said that according to preliminary data, there were 43 passengers, including five children, and six crew members on board. 'All necessary forces and means have been deployed to search for the plane,' he wrote on Telegram. The emergencies ministry put the number of people on board somewhat lower, at around 40. This is a developing story and will be updated.
Malay Mail
20-07-2025
- Climate
- Malay Mail
Powerful earthquakes off Russia's far east trigger tsunami alert
MOSCOW, July 20 — A series of powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia's far east on Sunday, triggering a tsunami alert, the US Geological Survey said. Earlier 5.0-magnitude and 6.7-magnitude earthquakes did not initially trigger a tsunami alert, but were followed by a 7.4-magnitude quake at 0849 GMT (5.49pm Malaysian time), prompting the USGS to warn that 'hazardous tsunami waves are forecast for some coasts'. The USGS said it expected waves of between 30 centimetres and one metre (up to 3.3 feet) on Russian coasts, and less than 30 centimetres (one foot) in Japan and the US state of Hawaii. The epicentre of the quakes was in the Pacific Ocean, around 150 kilometres (93 miles) east of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, it said. The initial earthquakes were followed by several aftershocks, including another 6.7-magnitude quake, said USGS. Russia's emergency situations ministry wrote on Telegram that it expected waves of up to 60 centimetres in the Commander Islands in the southwestern part of the Bering Sea, and waves of 15 to 40 centimetres in the Kamchatka peninsula. The peninsula is the meeting point of the Pacific and North American tectonic plates, making it a seismic hot zone. Since 1900, seven major earthquakes of magnitude 8.3 or higher have struck the area. — AFP
