All 43 Feared Dead After Russian Passenger Plane Crashes In Remote Amur Region

A Russian passenger plane carrying 43 passengers, including five children, crashed into a densely forested area of the Amur region on Thursday. No survivors have been reported in the plane crash as of now. The aircraft, operated by Angara Airlines, vanished from radar during its flight from Blagoveshchensk to Tynda, a small town near the Chinese border.

Russian Plane Crashes With 43 Passengers Onboard; No Survivors Reported

According to NDTV, the aircraft was an Antonov-24, a Soviet-era twin turboprop still in use for regional travel. It was found wrecked in a remote and wooded part of the Amur region. Governor Vasily Orlov confirmed the crash on Telegram, saying the plane went off the radar and that emergency teams located its remains not long after. He also mentioned that as per initial reports, no one on board survived the crash.

The route was a familiar one, connecting two towns in the Russian Far East. Both of these towns were remote, largely dependent on air travel due to geography and poor road infrastructure. But Thursday’s flight was not able to make it halfway; the wreckage was found closer to Tynda, suggesting the aircraft had already covered a considerable distance before something went catastrophically wrong.

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Probing Begins Post The Incident

The cause of the crash remains unclear. Russia’s aviation watchdog has opened an investigation, and both flight data and cockpit voice recorders are being sought in what’s likely to be a difficult recovery operation, NDTV reported.

The Antonov-24, once a workhorse for regional air fleets across the former Soviet Union, is no stranger to scrutiny. Many of the planes still flying today were built in the 1970s and 1980s. While some have been retrofitted or upgraded, most lack modern safety features that are now standard in commercial aviation. Critics have long pointed to the continued use of ageing aircraft on Siberian and Far Eastern routes as a recipe for disaster. 

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As families await official confirmation of the victims’ names, the crash has reignited conversations about infrastructure gaps and the real cost of neglecting regional air safety. The silence from the forested crash site is now being filled with questions: what went wrong, and could this have been prevented?

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