Bodies of Plane Crash Victims Found in Russia’s Far East

Bodies of Plane Crash Victims Found in Russia’s Far East
Russia Emergency Situations Ministry workers at the wreckage of a missing Antonov An-26 plane found near its destination airport outside the town of Palana, in Russia's Far East on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Russia Emergency Situations Ministry press service via AP
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MOSCOW—Rescuers have found the bodies of 19 victims a day after a plane crash in a remote area in Russia’s Far East, the authorities said.

An Antonov An-26 carrying 28 people crashed Tuesday near its destination town of Palana in the region of Kamchatka, apparently as it came in for a landing in bad weather. The plane was en route from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana on Tuesday morning when it missed a scheduled communication and disappeared from radar.