Russian plane carrying 49 people onboard goes missing

A plane carrying 49 people, including five children and six crew members, vanished from radar over Russia’s Far Eastern Amur region. The flight was en route from Blagoveshchensk to Tynda when contact was lost, local authorities confirmed on Thursday.

Moscow: A plane carrying 49 people has disappeared from radar over Russia’s Far Eastern Amur region, local officials said Thursday.

Forty-three passengers, including five children, as well as six crew members, were on board the flight from the city of Blagoveshchensk on the Russian-Chinese border to the town of Tynda, regional Gov Vasily Orlov said.

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