An aeroplane with 28 people on board crashed into the sea on Tuesday, July 26, off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula as it was preparing to land.
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.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?gdpr=0&us_privacy=1—&client=ca-pub-2427099653703778&output=html&h=300&adk=2141876619&adf=667904977&pi=t.aa~a.1834861711~i.11~rp.4&w=360&lmt=1625566829&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=4779063894&psa=1&ad_type=text_image&format=360×300&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lindaikejisblog.com%2F2021%2F7%2Fmissing-plane-with-28-on-board-found-to-have-crashed-into-sea-in-russia-after-it-disappeared-from-radar.html&flash=0&fwr=1&pra=3&rh=275&rw=330&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&fa=27&adsid=ChAI8P6PhwYQ092Ut-zqtPVAEkgAXZO5zh1tup_8gXa3KHB_X-QEZkSotltsw29jnfNvnGSgD8ksb-iDK11debqjIrZSphZb_E-7zYvlYlJzns1IR2rp8WjQ6IE&dt=1625566828866&bpp=20&bdt=8068&idt=-M&shv=r20210630&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D6f62d75ac2f0c0c6-2251d019a8c80035%3AT%3D1622665487%3ART%3D1622665487%3AS%3DALNI_MZ85Ep3SvTaGfc8Juk8Onrd6Hwi6g&prev_fmts=360×300%2C360x300%2C0x0&nras=2&correlator=6042726388983&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=1187515804.1622665486&ga_sid=1625566825&ga_hid=963579886&ga_fc=0&u_tz=60&u_his=6&u_java=0&u_h=800&u_w=360&u_ah=800&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=0&ady=1731&biw=360&bih=664&scr_x=0&scr_y=368&eid=31060474&oid=3&psts=AGkb-H83J4-cdcEHuDB-DtdcP3Fj-Elmm4FYoYCsDdMfr9f0sCq5SRcluorHtIa8nrxZsdVg93Mv5sl1PMAQ%2CAGkb-H_gNJrAAQOnXKmgUN5-bWdQ7poOh1dB5V1Itk7IJZJaqOQ3NqmoKSUcv5ETzInhZAYlthwCv9k4vOZF&pvsid=3578429409088561&pem=584&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lindaikejisblog.com%2F&eae=0&fc=384&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C720%2C360%2C720&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=128&bc=31&jar=2021-07-06-01&ifi=4&uci=a!4&btvi=2&fsb=1&xpc=dem9i6R8nK&p=https%3A//www.lindaikejisblog.com&dtd=809
There were 22 passengers and six crew on board, the ministry said.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?gdpr=0&us_privacy=1—&client=ca-pub-2427099653703778&output=html&h=300&adk=2141876619&adf=3366938152&pi=t.aa~a.1834861711~i.15~rp.4&w=360&lmt=1625566829&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=4779063894&psa=1&ad_type=text_image&format=360×300&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lindaikejisblog.com%2F2021%2F7%2Fmissing-plane-with-28-on-board-found-to-have-crashed-into-sea-in-russia-after-it-disappeared-from-radar.html&flash=0&fwr=1&pra=3&rh=275&rw=330&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&fa=27&adsid=ChAI8P6PhwYQ092Ut-zqtPVAEkgAXZO5zh1tup_8gXa3KHB_X-QEZkSotltsw29jnfNvnGSgD8ksb-iDK11debqjIrZSphZb_E-7zYvlYlJzns1IR2rp8WjQ6IE&dt=1625566828866&bpp=17&bdt=8068&idt=-M&shv=r20210630&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D6f62d75ac2f0c0c6-2251d019a8c80035%3AT%3D1622665487%3ART%3D1622665487%3AS%3DALNI_MZ85Ep3SvTaGfc8Juk8Onrd6Hwi6g&prev_fmts=360×300%2C360x300%2C0x0%2C360x300&nras=3&correlator=6042726388983&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=1187515804.1622665486&ga_sid=1625566825&ga_hid=963579886&ga_fc=0&u_tz=60&u_his=6&u_java=0&u_h=800&u_w=360&u_ah=800&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=0&ady=2114&biw=360&bih=664&scr_x=0&scr_y=368&eid=31060474&oid=3&psts=AGkb-H83J4-cdcEHuDB-DtdcP3Fj-Elmm4FYoYCsDdMfr9f0sCq5SRcluorHtIa8nrxZsdVg93Mv5sl1PMAQ%2CAGkb-H_gNJrAAQOnXKmgUN5-bWdQ7poOh1dB5V1Itk7IJZJaqOQ3NqmoKSUcv5ETzInhZAYlthwCv9k4vOZF&pvsid=3578429409088561&pem=584&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lindaikejisblog.com%2F&eae=0&fc=384&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C720%2C360%2C720&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=128&bc=31&jar=2021-07-06-01&ifi=5&uci=a!5&btvi=3&fsb=1&xpc=CV7euRx2uI&p=https%3A//www.lindaikejisblog.com&dtd=839
Village mayor Olga Mokhireva was among the passengers, the TASS agency quoted local authorities as saying.
The weather in the area was cloudy at the time, Interfax news agency said, quoting the local meteorology centre.
Several ships were en route to the crash site, RIA cited emergency services as saying.
Rescue workers were pictured flying to the site of the missing Antonov An-26 aircraft, in Kamchatka, Russia on July 6.