Forty-eight people were confirmed dead Thursday after a plane crashed in Russia’s Far East region.
The country’s Emergency Situations Ministry said search crews found the An-24 passenger plane’s burning fuselage on a hillside south of its planned destination in the town of Tynda, which is located near the Russia’s border with China.
Regional Gov. Vasily Orlov said that all passengers and crew on board the aircraft were killed in the crash. He also announced three days of mourning.
Images of the reported crash site circulated by Russian state media show debris scattered among dense forest, surrounded by plumes of smoke.
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