LONDON — A passenger aircraft carrying dozens of individuals was reported lacking Thursday morning in Russia’s far jap Amur area, the native governor mentioned.
The Russian information company Interfax reported that the aircraft’s wreckage had been discovered round 9 miles from its supposed vacation spot within the city of Tynda, having traveled from the regional hub of Blagoveshchensk some 360 miles away.
Gov. Vasily Orlov mentioned in a submit to Telegram that the An-24 plane was carrying 43 passengers and 6 crew when it vanished from radar. 5 youngsters had been among the many passengers, he mentioned.
This video seize from a handout footage launched by the Jap Interregional Directorate for Transport of the Russian Investigative Committee on July 24, 2025, exhibits an aerial view of the crash web site of the Antonov An-24 passenger aircraft outdoors the city of Tynda in Russia’s far jap Amur area.
Handout/Investigative Committee of Russia
“Based on operational providers, at this time, the AN-24 passenger aircraft, which was flying from Blagoveshchensk to Tynda, disappeared from the radar,” he posted. “All crucial forces and assets are being deployed to seek for the aircraft.”
Artem Korenyako — a spokesperson for Russia’s federal aviation company Rosaviatsiya — wrote on Telegram {that a} search and rescue helicopter “found a burning fuselage.” He added, “Rescuers are heading to the scene.”
Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Conditions additionally reported the invention of burning wreckage in a submit to Telegram.
Greater than 50 folks and 10 items of apparatus had been deployed in search and rescue efforts, the ministry mentioned.
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