Air visitors controllers misplaced contact on Thursday with an An-24 passenger airplane carrying about 50 individuals in Russia's far east, and a search was underway, the regional governor mentioned.
The native emergencies ministry mentioned the airplane, operated by a Siberia-based airline referred to as Angara, dropped off radar screens whereas approaching its vacation spot of Tynda, a city within the Amur area bordering China.
Regional governor Vasily Orlov mentioned that in accordance with preliminary knowledge, there have been 43 passengers, together with 5 youngsters, and 6 crew members on board.
“All mandatory forces and means have been deployed to seek for the airplane,” he wrote on Telegram.
The emergencies ministry put the variety of individuals on board considerably decrease, at round 40.
