The Russian AN-26 airplane with 28 people on board that was reported missing on Tuesday (July 6) in the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia’s far east has crashed into the sea, RIA news agency reported.
Earlier, the country’s emergencies ministry confirmed that the twin-engined turboprop went missing.
The plane, an Antonov AN-26 twin-engined turboprop, was en route from regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana, a village in northern Kamchatka, when it lost contact with air traffic control, Russia’s emergencies ministry said.
There were 22 passengers and six crew on board, the ministry said.
Several ships were en route to the crash site, RIA cited emergency services as saying.
The weather in the area was cloudy at the time, Interfax news agency said quoting the local meteorology centre.
Reportedly, the plane was built in 1982.
(With Inputs From Reuters)
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