An-24 plane crashes in russia, with almost 50 people on board

Today, July 24, an An-24 passenger plane crashed in the Amur Oblast of the aggressor country of russia. There were 43 passengers and 6 crew members on board, their fate is still unknown.

This is according to reports from russian media, the Ukrainian News agency reports.

According to TASS, the Angara airline plane was flying the Khabarovsk-Blagoveshchensk-Tynda flight. The crew lost contact when the plane was a few kilometers from its destination.

Later, TASS wrote, citing emergency services, that the plane crashed 15 kilometers from the city of Tynda. In addition to the 6 crew members, there were 43 passengers on board, including five children.

According to preliminary information, all people on board the plane died. The causes of the plane crash are called crew error or technical malfunction.

According to The Moscow Times, citing data from the Russianplanes portal, the plane that crashed in the Amur Oblast was manufactured in early 1976 at an aircraft factory in Kyiv. Thus, the plane flew almost the entire allotted service life.

According to TASS, over the past seven years, at least four incidents have occurred with the plane.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on July 8, the Altius reconnaissance and strike UAV crashed in the russian Republic of Tatarstan, which the russians have been developing since 2011.

Recall that at the end of May this year, a Mi-8 military transport helicopter crashed in russia. It belonged to the russian ministry of defense.

And in April this year, a Tu-22M3 missile carrier crashed in the Irkutsk region of the russian federation. One crew member died.