A plane with nearly 50 people on board reportedly crashed into the Russian Far East on Thursday and local emergency services found the wreck.
The Ministry of Emergency situations of the country said that search crews found the burning hull of the plane on a hill south of his planned destination in the city of Tynda, which is located near the Russian border with China.
Images of the reported crash site spread by Russian state media show debris spread over dense forest, surrounded by plumes of smoke.
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An AN-24 plane from Angara Airlines lands at the airport of Irkutsk, Russia April 13, 2014. (Reuters/Marina Lystseva/File photo)
A first air inspection of the site suggested that there were no survivors, said the Russian news agency Interfax, said not further mentioned sources in the emergency services. The sources also said that there were difficult weather conditions in the area.
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The office of the public prosecutor said the plane was trying a second approach while trying to land when contact was lost.
Smoke rises on the crash location of an Angara Airlines AN-24 passenger plane near Tynda in the Amur region, Russia on July 24, 2025, in this stationary image from video. (Federal Air Transport Agency/Handout via Reuters)
Forty-three passengers, including five children, as well as six crew members were aboard the AN-24 passenger plane while it traveled from the city of Blagoveshchensk on the Russian-Chinese border to the city of Tynda, said regional government Vasily Orlov.
An infographic entitled “Antonov An-24 Passenger aircraft crashes near the Russian Tynda” on July 24, 2025 in the Russian Tynda “made in Ankara, Turkiye. (Mehmet Yaren Bozgun/Anadolu via Getty images)
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The Russian Ministry of Emergency situations reported that 48 people were aboard the flight, which was managed by Angara Airlines in Siberia. The reason for the discrepancy was not immediately clear.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
This is a developing story. Come back for updates.
