In the latest development, the Russia Angara Airline crashes in the Russia’s eastern Amur region. The flight reportedly carried 49 passengers on board including five children and six crew members. Preliminary reports suggest that poor visibility and possible crew error during landing may have caused the crash.
The aircraft belonged to Angara Airlines, a Siberian carrier. It was an An-24 model and had gone missing from radar while it was approaching the town of Tynda, located near the border with China. Vasily Orlov, the regional governor, confirmed that the flight vanished from radar screens shortly before its expected landing.
Search operations later confirmed the crash. Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.
The wreckage of the plane was reportedly seen by a rescue helicopter, the Amur Center for Civil Defense and Fire Safety said.
It confirmed that there were no survivors remaining at the crash site, which is reportedly on a mountain about 10 miles away from Tynda.
The plane reportedly crashed in the dense area of a forest as seen from a video footage captured from a helicopter. Smoke covered the area rapidly.
Reports suggested the fuselage was found to be on fire. The debris was found in the Amur region.
The Angara airline, based in Siberia, was operating an An-24 aircraft on a flight from Blagoveshchensk to Tynda when it disappeared from radar while nearing Tynda, a remote town located in the Amur region near the Chinese border.
The aircraft, identified by its tail number as a 1976 model, was operated by an airline based in Siberia. A helicopter crew spotted the burning wreckage of the nearly 50-year-old Soviet-era plane on the ground, prompting rescue teams to be dispatched to the location.
“Crew error during landing due to poor visibility is considered a reason for the crash,” TASS reported, citing preliminary observations. A Siberia-based airline called Angara– An-24– was reported missing after radar screens dropped off while approaching its destination of Tynda.
Wreckage of the An24 passenger plane has been found in the Amur region.
