Russia Plane Crash, July 24 -- Nearly 50 Feared Dead After Aircraft Goes Down in Amur Region

Guwahati: A passenger aircraft carrying nearly 50 people crashed in a remote area of Russia's Far Eastern Amur region on Thursday, with no immediate signs of survivors, according to authorities.

The aircraft, a twin-propeller Antonov An-24 operated by Angara Airlines, had taken off from Blagoveshchensk and was en route to Tynda when it disappeared from radar around 1 pm local time (0400 GMT).

A rescue helicopter later located the wreckage, finding the burning fuselage on a forested mountain slope approximately 16 kilometers from Tynda.

Videos released by Russian investigators showed thick smoke rising from the crash site in a densely wooded ar...