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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Maroosha Muzaffar

Russian Angara Airlines passenger plane with nearly 50 people on board crashes in far east

A Russian passenger plane with about 50 people on board crashed in the country’s far east on Thursday and initial reports suggested there were no survivors, emergency services officials said.

“Fifteen kilometre from Tynda, the wreckage of an An-24 was found on a slope. The plane was destroyed,” the Russian emergencies ministry was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.

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