According to Russia’s Aviation agency, a plane carrying 28 passengers crashed in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday 6th July 2021.
The local emergency and transport officials said the plane which was flying from the regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana village in Kamchatka’s north but missed a scheduled communication and disappeared from radar.
Russia’s aviation agency noted that the plane which is a Russian-built Antonov An-26 twin engined turboprop which was destroyed as a result of the crash was found 4 to 5 kilometers from the Palana airport runway.
Reports indicates that it was earlier believed that the plane had collided into a hill near the village of Palana and that its debris was in the sea of Okhotsk.
Further report say the passengers on board were 22 and six crew members were on board the plane totaling 28. Out of the 22 passengers two were children under the age of 12.
According to a Rosaviation spokesperson, a search and rescue have been deployed but no information about possible survivors have been found and access to the plane is also proving difficult.