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MOSCOW — Twenty-eight people were killed when a Soviet-era An-26 plane crashed Tuesday in poor weather and low visibility in Russia’s Far Eastern region of Kamchatka. There were no survivors.
Vladimir Solodov, the region’s governor, said the plane appeared to have been going around, making a second attempt to land at Palana Airport when it crashed. He said the fuselage and debris were found on the shore and in the Sea of Okhotsk.
Russia’s Interfax news agency cited a source as saying the plane collided with a rocky cliff as it approached. The Izvestia newspaper published a photograph of the crash site high on the cliff, showing a burned patch of vegetation above a rocky bluff.
The plane was flying from the regional city of Petropavlovsk. Contact was lost with the plane about 10 minutes before it was due to land.
Part of the plane was discovered in the sea, more than two miles from the shore, according to sources in the Pacific Fleet cited by Interfax.
It cited another source as saying that the bad weather and poor visibility were seen as the most likely cause of the crash.
Russia’s Investigative Committee said the crash was probably caused by bad weather, pilot error or a technical failure with the plane.
“The crew of the aircraft was experienced. It is too early to build scenarios,” Solodov told Interfax.
Six crew members were on the plane. Russian media reported that two children were also on board. Efforts to reach the crash site were hindered by nightfall and the rising tide.
The Antonov An-26 twin-engine turboprop aircraft had been in operation since 1982, the Tass news agency reported.
Sergey Gorb, deputy director of the Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise, which operated the plane, told Izvestia that the cliff where the plane crashed was not on the plane’s flight path. He said a strong cross wind may have caused the disaster.
Russian online media MBKh reported that Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise was found to have committed violations of transport rules during a spot check by authorities in February, including allowing crew members to fly without proper training.
A crash occurred in the same spot in 2012, killing 10. Alcohol was found in the blood of both pilots in that crash.
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