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Plane with 28 people on board goes missing in Russia's far eastern region

A plane with 28 people on board has gone missing in the Russian Far East region of Kamchatka on Tuesday, local officials said

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A plane with 28 people on board has gone missing in the Russian Far East region of Kamchatka on Tuesday, local officials said.

An An-26 plane with 22 passengers and 6 crew flying from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the village of Palana missed a scheduled communication, local emergency officials said. According to the local transport ministry, it also disappeared from the radars.

An investigation has been launched, and a search mission is underway.

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First Published: Jul 06 2021 | 12:22 PM IST

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