A plane with almost 50 passengers reportedly went down in Russia’s Far East on Thursday. Emergency services in the region have discovered the site where it crashed.
The Emergency Situations Ministry of Russia stated that search teams located the airplane’s burning body on a hillside. This area is situated south of where the plane was supposed to land, in the town of Tynda, which is close to Russia’s border with China.
Images of the reported crash site circulated by Russian state media show debris scattered among dense forest, surrounded by plumes of smoke.
The transport prosecutor’s office said the plane attempted a second approach while trying to land when contact with it was lost.
In a video still from July 24, 2025, smoke can be seen rising from the crash scene of an Angara Airlines An-24 passenger plane near Tynda in the Amur Region, Russia. The image was provided by the Federal Air Transport Agency via REUTERS.
Forty-three passengers, including five children, as well as six crew members were on board the An-24 passenger plane as it traveled from the city of Blagoveshchensk on the Russian-Chinese border to the town of Tynda, regional Gov. Vasily Orlov said.
An infographic titled “Antonov An-24 passenger plane crashes near Russia’s Tynda” created in Ankara, Turkiye on July 24, 2025. (Mehmet Yaren Bozgun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry reported that 48 people were on board the flight, which was operated by Siberia-based Angara Airlines. The reason for the discrepancy was not immediately clear.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
