48 dead after Soviet-era passenger plane crashes in Russia’s far east

Wreckage of Angara Airlines flight found on mountainside not far from its destination of Tynda

A Soviet-era passenger plane has crashed in Russia's far east as it prepared to land, killing all 48 people onboard.

The flight, operated by Siberia-based Angara Airlines, and departing from the city of Blagoveshchensk, vanished from radar on Thursday and lost contact with air traffic controllers while approaching its destination of Tynda, a remote town in the Amur region bordering China.