Photo Credits: Federal Agency for Air Transport of the Russian Federation
The aircraft reportedly caught fire mid-air and vanished from radar.
A Russian An-24 aircraft carrying 49 people, including five children and six crew members, crashed in the mountainous Amur region on Thursday, killing all on board, according to local media reports.
The ill-fated flight, operated by the Siberia-based Angara Airlines, had departed from Blagoveshchensk and was en route to Tynda, near the Russia-China border, when it lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly before its scheduled landing.
Discovery of the wreckage
The wreckage of the missing An-24 passenger plane has been found on a mountainside 16 kilometers from Tynda.
A criminal case has been opened under article 263, part 3 of the Russian criminal code (violation of air traffic safety rules resulting in the death of three or more persons).
Crew error during low-visibility landing is being considered as the likely cause of an An-24 passenger aircraft crashing in the Amur Region.
Federal registry data indicates that the last inspection of Angara Airlines, operator of the crashed plane, was conducted by Rostransnadzor in July 2025.
DETAILS:
Aircraft type Antonov An-24RV
Operator Angara Airlines
IATA flight No. 2G2311
ICAO flight No. AGU2311
Registration RA-47315
Flight origin Ignatyevo Airport
Destination Tynda Airport
Occupants 49 (32 Passenger, 6 Crew)