Wreckage of missing Russian plane found, all 28 on board dead
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There were 22 passengers and six crew on board, the ministry said. Olga Mokhireva, the mayor of Palana, was among the passengers.
Moscow: There are no survivors after a plane carrying 28 people crashed in the far east of Russia on Tuesday (July 6, 2021), Russian news agencies cited rescue officials as saying. The Antonov An-26 twin-engined turboprop was en route from the regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana, a village in the north of the Kamchatka peninsula, when it lost contact with air traffic control, the emergencies ministry said. Citing sources, Interfax reported that the plane was thought to have crashed into a cliff as it was preparing to land in poor visibility conditions, according to a report by Reuters.More Related News