A Russian passenger plane carrying 49 people, including six crew members, crashed in the eastern Amur region on Thursday.
All people on board are feared dead, Russian news agency TASS said, citing preliminary data.
The plane, operated by a Siberia-based airline called Angara, dropped off radar screens while approaching its destination of Tynda, a town in the Amur region bordering China.
Regional governor Vasily Orlov said that, according to preliminary data, 43 passengers, including five children and six crew members, were on board.
Russia’s emergencies ministry said that the debris of the passenger plane was located by a rescue helicopter.
“An Mi-8 helicopter operated by Rosaviatsiya (Russia’s civil aviation authority) has spotted the burning fuselage of the aircraft,” Russia’s emergencies ministry said on Telegram, according to Reuters.
Russian News agency Tass reported that a crew error during landing in poor visibility is considered a reason behind the crash.
