An Antonov An-24 plane carrying 49 passengers has crashed near Russia's Chinese border. The wreckage has been sighted, but there is so far no sign of survivors.
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An Antonov An-24, seen in a photo from 206Image: Rybin Yury/Depositphotos/IMAGO
A passenger plane flying from Blagoveshchensk to Tynda in eastern Russia crashed on Thursday, with no sign that any of the 49 people on board survived the disaster, Russian authorities have said.
The wreckage of the Angara Airlines Antonov An-24, one of the oldest passenger planes still in operation, has been located about 15 km (9 miles) from Tynda, the Civil Defense Ministry said.
Rescue work is reportedly being hampered by difficult terrain, and so far there are no signs that anyone survived the crash.