It has been reported in recent news, that an aeroplane with 28 people on board, crashed into the sea on Tuesday off Russia’s eastern peninsula Kamchatka peninsula. This happened when the plane was about to land.
The main reason behind the crash is still unidentified but it has been reported that the airplane lost its contact with air traffic control tower. The plane, an Antonov An-26 twin-engined turboprop, was en route from regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana, a village in northern Kamchatka. Several ships were en route to the crash site, RIA cited emergency services as saying.
More information is yet to be revealed, however there were 22 passengers and six crew on board, the ministry said. 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. According to TASS, the plane was built in 1982.
