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A passenger plane carrying about 50 passengers crashed in a remote area of the Far East of Russia on Thursday, killing all on board, according to international media.
The twin propeller Antonov-24 aircraft, manufactured in the Soviet Union, crashed in a remote and dense forest, and the videos of smoke billowing from the crash site have been transmitted by the Russian media. In the video released by the government media and researchers, it is shown that no sign of a living person was found at the scene. Angara Airlines plane was on its way from Blagoveshchensk to Tinda city when it lost contact with the radar at 1 pm local time.
A rescue helicopter found the burning wreckage of the plane on the slopes of a forested hill about 15 kilometers south of Tinda Airport. A video released by Russian investigators shows smoke rising from the crash site and pieces of the plane scattered on the forest floor.
According to the state-run news agency Tas, search and rescue teams arrived at the scene only a few hours after the accident and found no evidence of anyone alive. Investigators have not revealed the cause of the accident.
Angara Airlines Chief Executive Officer Sergey Salamanov told Russia's REN TV channel that the weather was bad at the time of the incident, but the pilot (captain) decided to fly.
Home to about 30,000 people, Tinda is located in a dense taiga forest about 200 kilometers (125 mi) from the Chinese border.
There is at least one Chinese citizen on the plane, according to China's official media.
