All 49 People Confirmed Dead in Amur Oblast Plane Crash

An Antonov An-24 passenger plane operated by Russia's Angara Airlines crashed in Amur Oblast on the 24th, killing all 43 passengers and 6 crew members on board, including one Chinese citizen.

Before holding a military meeting in Arkhangelsk Oblast on July 24, Russian President Putin expressed condolences to the families of the victims of the An-24 plane crash in Amur Oblast and announced that all attendees would observe a minute of silence for the victims.

Amur Oblast (Amur) also announced a three-day mourning period.

The Russian Investigative Committee indicated that the plane failed its first landing attempt at Tynda Airport and lost contact while circling to attempt a second landing. An investigation has been launched.

Preliminary investigations suggest that poor visibility during landing and possible crew operation errors may have caused the crash.

The aircraft departed from the far eastern city of Khabarovsk, made a stopover in Blagoveshchensk, and was en route to Tynda in Amur Oblast. The plane disappeared from radar a few kilometers from Tynda airport, without sending any signal before losing contact. In the subsequent rescue operation, a Mi-8 helicopter located the plane wreckage while searching by air—at that time, the fuselage was burning. The crash site was deep in dense forest, with debris scattered over a wide area.

The missing plane crashed on a hillside 15 kilometers from the city of Tynda. The crash site is densely vegetated and difficult to access.