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| Wreckage found after plane carrying 49 people goes down in Russian far east | Wreckage found after plane carrying 49 people goes down in Russian far east |
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| An Angara airlines An-24 plane | An Angara airlines An-24 plane |
| Russian rescue services have found the wreckage of a plane that disappeared about 16km (10 miles) from its destination in the far-eastern Amur region. | Russian rescue services have found the wreckage of a plane that disappeared about 16km (10 miles) from its destination in the far-eastern Amur region. |
| The Angara airlines An-24 plane, carrying 43 passengers and six crew, had left Blagoveshchensk close to the Chinese border and vanished from radar as it approached Tynda airport, emergency officials said. | The Angara airlines An-24 plane, carrying 43 passengers and six crew, had left Blagoveshchensk close to the Chinese border and vanished from radar as it approached Tynda airport, emergency officials said. |
| Amur's regional governor Vasily Orlov said "all necessary resources" had been deployed to find the plane. Five children were among those on board, he added. | Amur's regional governor Vasily Orlov said "all necessary resources" had been deployed to find the plane. Five children were among those on board, he added. |
| Shortly afterwards Russia's emergencies ministry said a Russian civil aviation helicopter had spotted burning fuselage from the plane. No-one is thought to have survived, reports say. | |
| Amur's civil defence centre said the plane had been found on a hillside about 16km (10 miles) from Tynda, Tass news agency reported. Footage from the scene showed wreckage from the plane burning in dense woodland. | |
| Preliminary inquiries are looking at either pilot error in poor weather conditions or technical malfunction, according to emergency officials. | |
| The An-24 plane had been on the final leg of a route from Khabarovsk in the far south-east of Russia. | The An-24 plane had been on the final leg of a route from Khabarovsk in the far south-east of Russia. |
| The Angara airlines Antonov 24 plane is reported to be about 50 years old, and has had trouble in the past. | |
| An An-24RV veered off the runway as it landed at Nizhneangarsk Airport in July 2019. Two members of the flight crew were killed. | |
| In 2011, another Angara An-24 crashed into the Ob river in Siberia, killing seven passengers. |