The Antonov AN-24 Angara Airlines Aircraft Carrying 46 Passengers And Lost Contact Crew In The Amur Area

Illustration of the Antonov An-24RV aircraft. (Wikimedia Commons/Gleb Osokin - Russian AviaPhoto Team)

JAKARTA - The Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying 46 passengers and crew lost communication in the Amur Region, Russia, according to emergency response services to TASS.

"An An-24 operated by Angara Airlines failed to make contact at a checkpoint set several kilometers from Tynda Airport," a source said, launching TASS July 24.

The plane carried 40 passengers, including two children, along with six crew members, he continued.

Meanwhile, the governor of the Vasily Orlov region said, according to preliminary data, there were 43 passengers, including five children and six crew members on board.

"All the troops and means needed have been deployed to search for the aircraft," he wrote on Telegram.

Meanwhile, the local emergency ministry said the plane, operated by Siberia-based Anggara airline, disappeared from the radar screen as it approached its destination in Tynda, a city in the Amur region bordering China.