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Tue Jul 6, 2021, 02:56 PM Jul 2021

No survivors reported after passenger plane carrying 28 crashes in eastern Russia

MOSCOW — A small Russian passenger plane believed to be carrying 28 people crashed in the nation's Far East on Tuesday, local emergency services said.

The Antonov AN-26 has been located just a few miles from the airport in a coastal town on the Kamchatka peninsula, TASS news agency reported citing local emergency services officials. No survivors have been reported.

The plane was flying from the regional capital of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana. The flight's manifest showed 22 passengers and six crew members were aboard, according to emergency services.

State media outlet TASS reported that the plane has flown since 1982, and its safety certifications were due to expire on August 30, 2021.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/no-survivors-reported-after-passenger-plane-carrying-28-crashes-in-eastern-russia/ar-AALPyAV

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