India, July 24 -- Russian rescuers have located the fuselage of an Antonov-24 passenger plane carrying 50 people, which had disappeared from radar in the country's far east, the emergencies ministry said on Thursday. Citing preliminary data, Russian news agency TASS reported that all on board are feared dead in the crash in the eastern Amur region.

The country's local emergencies ministry said the plane, operated by a Siberia-based airline called Angara, dropped off radar screens while approaching its destination of Tynda, a town in the Amur region bordering China.

Regional governor Vasily Orlov said that, according to preliminary data, 43 passengers, including five children and six crew members, were on board.

"All necessary forces an...