Passenger Plane Crashes in Russia’s Far East, Nearly 50 People on Board Feared Dead

Passenger Plane Crashes in Russia’s Far East, Nearly 50 People on Board Feared Dead
Smoke rises at the crash site of an Angara Airlines An-24 passenger plane near Tynda in the Amur Region, Russia, on July 24, 2025, in a still from video. Federal Air Transport Agency via Reuters/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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MOSCOW—A Russian Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying about 50 people crashed in the country’s far east on Thursday and everyone on board was feared to have been killed, emergency services officials said.

The burning fuselage of the plane, which was made in the Soviet era and was nearly 50 years old, was spotted on the ground by a helicopter and rescue crews were rushing to the scene.