Bodies of All Plane Crash Victims Recovered in Russia

Bodies of All Plane Crash Victims Recovered in Russia
Specialists of the Russian Emergencies Ministry are seen at the crash site of a Russian An-26 passenger plane near the village of Palana in the north of the Kamchatka peninsula, Russia, on July 7, 2021. Russia's Emergencies Ministry/Handout via Reuters
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MOSCOW—Rescuers have recovered the bodies of all 28 people who were on a plane that crashed in a remote area in Russia’s Far East this week, local officials said Friday. One of the plane’s black boxes was also recovered along with fragments of another.

The Antonov An-26 crashed Tuesday near its destination in the Kamchatkatown region town of Palana, apparently as it came in for a landing in bad weather. The plane was en route from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana when it missed a scheduled communication and disappeared from radar. None of the six crew members or 22 passengers on board survived the crash.