Overview

• Rescuers located the burning fuselage on a mountainside 16 km from Tynda with no signs of survivors
• Officials confirmed that all 49 people on board, including five children, perished in the crash
• Initial reports indicate the An-24 vanished from radar during a second landing approach in poor visibility
• Investigators from the Far Eastern Transport Prosecutor’s Office and the Investigative Committee have launched a criminal probe into possible pilot error and regulatory breaches
• The nearly 50-year-old Soviet-era aircraft underscores long-standing safety concerns for Russia’s aging regional fleet operating in harsh terrain