MOSCOW: Rescuers have recovered the bodies of victims a day after a plane crash in a remote area on Wednesday RussiaFar East, local officials said.
One Antonov An-26 Carrying 28 people crashed on Tuesday near its destination city Palana in the area of the Kamchatka, apparently because it came to landing in bad weather.
Debris was found on a coastal reef and in the sea on Tuesday evening, and the search and rescue operation was postponed until Wednesday morning after nightfall, as it was difficult to reach the crash site in the dark.
Governor of Kamchatka, Vladimir solodov, told the state Tassi News agency that “the bodies are being pulled out (from the water) first.” He did not say how many bodies were found.
Russian media reported on Tuesday that none of the six crew members or 22 passengers survived. A spokesman for the Kamchatka government said Olga Mokhreva, the head of the local government in Palana, was among the passengers.
Solodov said on Tuesday that a group of government officials, including Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev will visit Palana on Wednesday.
In 2012, a Antonov An-28 related aircraft Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise It crashed into a mountain while taking off on the same route as Tuesday’s flight.
A total of 14 people were on the plane and 10 of them died. Tass said alcohol was found in the blood of both pilots, who were among the dead.
One Antonov An-26 Carrying 28 people crashed on Tuesday near its destination city Palana in the area of the Kamchatka, apparently because it came to landing in bad weather.
Debris was found on a coastal reef and in the sea on Tuesday evening, and the search and rescue operation was postponed until Wednesday morning after nightfall, as it was difficult to reach the crash site in the dark.
Governor of Kamchatka, Vladimir solodov, told the state Tassi News agency that “the bodies are being pulled out (from the water) first.” He did not say how many bodies were found.
Russian media reported on Tuesday that none of the six crew members or 22 passengers survived. A spokesman for the Kamchatka government said Olga Mokhreva, the head of the local government in Palana, was among the passengers.
Solodov said on Tuesday that a group of government officials, including Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev will visit Palana on Wednesday.
In 2012, a Antonov An-28 related aircraft Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise It crashed into a mountain while taking off on the same route as Tuesday’s flight.
A total of 14 people were on the plane and 10 of them died. Tass said alcohol was found in the blood of both pilots, who were among the dead.
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