Rescuers are deployed to the area where the Russian Antonov An-26 plane went missing in Kamchatka on July 6. (Photo: EMERCOM/VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 7 sent a message of condolences to hisRussia counterpart, Vladimir Putin, over a plane crash in Russia's Far EasternKamchatka Peninsula a day earlier, killing all 28 people on board.
The plane, a Russian-built Antonov An-26 twin-enginedturboprop, was flying from the regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to thevillage of Palana, in Kamchatka's north, when it missed a scheduledcommunication and disappeared from radar, according to local emergency andtransport officials.
There were 22 passengers and six crew members onboard the plane, Russia's emergencies ministry said. Two passengers werechildren under the age of 12./.
The plane, a Russian-built Antonov An-26 twin-enginedturboprop, was flying from the regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to thevillage of Palana, in Kamchatka's north, when it missed a scheduledcommunication and disappeared from radar, according to local emergency andtransport officials.
There were 22 passengers and six crew members onboard the plane, Russia's emergencies ministry said. Two passengers werechildren under the age of 12./.
VNA
