Passenger plane with 49 people onboard crashes in Russia’s far east

Rescuers search for survivors after wreckage of Angara Airlines flight found on mountainside near Tynda airportA passenger plane carrying 49 people has crashed in Russia’s far east and a search for survivors is under way, local officials have said.The flight, operated by Siberia-based Angara Airlines, vanished from radar on Thursday and lost contact with air traffic controllers while approaching its destination of Tynda, a remote town in the Amur region bordering China. Continue reading...

Passenger plane with 49 people onboard crashes in Russia’s far east

Rescuers search for survivors after wreckage of Angara Airlines flight found on mountainside near Tynda airport

A passenger plane carrying 49 people has crashed in Russia’s far east and a search for survivors is under way, local officials have said.

The flight, operated by Siberia-based Angara Airlines, vanished from radar on Thursday and lost contact with air traffic controllers while approaching its destination of Tynda, a remote town in the Amur region bordering China.

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