Passenger plane crashes in eastern Russia, all 48 on board killed

A passenger plane crashed in Russia’s far east on Thursday, killing all 48 persons on board, AP reported.

The An-24 aircraft, operated by the Siberia-based Angara Airlines, dropped off radar screens while approaching its destination of Tynda, a remote town in the Amur region bordering China, The Guardian quoted Russia’s local emergencies ministry as saying.

It had initially departed from Khabarovsk, then continued to Blagoveshchensk, before heading onward to Tynda, AP reported.

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A Soviet-made Antonov An-24 aircraft operated by Angara Airlines disappeared from radar near the town of Tynda while attempting a second landing approach. Emergency crews later found the burning… pic.twitter.com/MOO08NTbEP— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) July 24, 2025

Parts of the burning wreckage were discovered 15 kms from the airport in Tynda on a mountainside, The Guardian quoted unidentified authorities as saying.

Footage being circulated by the Russian media showed thick smoke rising above a dense forest at the location reported to be the crash site.

Yuliya Petina, an emergency services official, said that an “Mi-8 helicopter belonging to Rosaviatsiya [Russia’s Federal Agency for Air Transport] discovered the fuselage of the aircraft, which was on fire,” during the search operation, the news agency reported.

“The An-24 plane was flying along the Khabarovsk-Blagoveshchensk-Tynda route,” The Guardian quoted emergency services as having told Russian news agencies....

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