Plane carrying 28 people plunges into sea after vanishing from radar

A plane carrying 28 people has crashed into the sea after vanishing from radar in a remote area of east Russia.

Rescue teams have been deployed to the Kamchatka peninsula in search of survivors, but it is not clear if anyone has been found.

The flight had set off from regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and was heading for the village of Palana in the north before losing contact, the emergencies ministry has confirmed.

A child is said to be among those on board, as well as the head of the Palana village administration, Olga Mokhireva, 42.

A spokesman for the ministry said: ‘An An-2 plane has disappeared from radar.

‘We are trying to figure out what happened.’

Local media said that the 39-year-old turboprop Antonov got into trouble as it prepared to land some 15 to 20 km from the airport.

Russian news agency TASS reported contact with the aircraft had been lost during landing and the Russian Pacific Fleet was called in to help the search, along with a plane and two helicopters.

A source suggested to the agency the plane could have crashed into the sea, while another told Interfax it may have gone down near a coal mine close to Palana.

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