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All 49 people on board the Angara Airlines An-24 passenger plane which crashed in Russia's far east Amur region have died, TASS news agency reported citing preliminary information from emergency services.
Russian authorities earlier said that a search and rescue helicopter had found the burning wreckage of the plane.
The aircraft was taking 43 passengers, including five children, from Blagoveshchensk to Tynda. There were 6 crew members aboard.
According to Russian reports, authorities consider pilot error and low visibility as the likely cause of the crash.