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Russian officials say that 48 people were killed when a Airlines Airlines plane fell into a dense forest in the Oriental Amur region.
Antonov’s AN-24 plane, which transported 42 passengers and six crew members, had left BlagoveShchensk near the Chinese border and disappeared from the radar screens when he approached the Tynda airport, authorities said.
A Russian civil aviation helicopter saw burning fuselage from the plane on a remote hillside about 16 km (10 miles) from Tynda.
Amur’s regional governor, Vasily Orlov, said five children were among those on board and declared three days of mourning.
The remote and swampy nature of the area meant that rescuers took about an hour to reach the scene.
According to emergency officials, preliminary consultations are analyzing the pilot’s error in poor weather conditions or technical malfunction, according to emergency officials.
The AN-24 plane had been in the final stage of a route from Khabarovsk in the southeast end of Russia. Angara Airlines is based on the Irkutsk region of Siberia.
The Antonov 24 plane was almost 50 years old and originally designed in kyiv during the Soviet era, although this model has not been used in Ukraine for several years.
The authorities said the plane had approved a recent technical inspection, but the Civil Aviation Authority told news agencies that it had been involved in four incidents since 2018.
Seven years ago, its left wing had been damaged when the plane invaded a track and hit a ray mast, said the TASS news agency.
Other AN-24 aircraft have also been involved in fatal accidents.
An AN-24RV deviated from the track when it landed at Nizneangarsk airport in July 2019. Two flight crew members were killed.
In 2011, another Angara An-24 crashed into the OB River in Siberia, killing seven passengers.
After the 2011 accident, then President Dmitry Medvedev said that the AN-24 aircraft that were still in service in Russia should be punished.
