The plane, a Soviet-era Antonov An-24 with 43 passengers and six crew members, was traveling to the small town of Tynda from Blagoveshchensk, near the border with China, when it went off the radar, Vasily Orlov, the regional governor, said in a statement.

A passenger plane with 49 people on board crashed Thursday in Russia’s far east, with no signs of survivors. The burning wreckage was found on a forested slope near Tynda after the flight vanished

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,