Russia AN 24 Plane Crash live: Russian plane Antonov-24 passenger plane carrying about 40 people went missing near China border. Russia Plane News Live Updates: The plane, whose tail number showed it was built in 1976, was operated by the Siberia-based airline.

An Antonov An-24 passenger plane, which was earlier reported to be missing, has crashed with nearly 50 people on board in Russia’s far east. Footage from the scene showed the aircraft crash in a densely forested area,

The burning fuselage of the aircraft, which was made in the Soviet era and was nearly 50 years old, was spotted on the ground by a helicopter.