Moscow, July 24 (UNI) Russian rescuers have located the fuselage of an Antonov An-24 passenger plane that disappeared from radar earlier in Russia’s Far East, the Emergencies Ministry said today.
The plane was carrying 49 people, including six crew members, and it crashed in the eastern Amur region, reports said.
“An Mi-8 helicopter operated by Rosaviatsiya (Russia’s civil aviation authority) has spotted the burning fuselage of the aircraft,” the Emergencies Ministry stated on Telegram.
According to the news agency TASS, there are no survivors from the crash. The agency further reported that one of the likely causes of the accident was a crew error during landing in poor visibility conditions.
The An-24, which went missing in Russia’s Amur Region, was found on a mountainside approximately 15 km from the town of Tynda, emergency services told Sputnik on Thursday. Preliminary information confirms there were no survivors.
“The An-24 plane was found on a mountainside 15 km from the town of Tynda… There are no survivors, according to preliminary information,” the emergency services said, adding that the crash site is located in a remote, hard-to-reach area.
The Amur Center for Civil Defense and Fire Safety also told Sputnik that while no survivors were seen during an aerial inspection, there is a possibility that survivors may be found during ground operations.
“No survivors were found during the aerial inspection, but the area is difficult to access… Survivors may still be found during an on-site, ground inspection. The aerial inspection has not confirmed anything yet. The issue of where to land and how to deploy ground teams is currently under consideration,” the center added.
