Angara Airlines, like an aircraft crashed near Tinda, killed 49 fears in the Russian Far East on 24 Airlines. Credit: X -SibSpotting Team @SibSpotting
It was intended to fly normally through Russia’s endless forests, but it ended with a broken heart near the small town of Tinda. This morning, on Thursday, July 24th, 49 passenger planes, including 49 children, disappeared from the radar while they were on the land. A few hours later, my hopes were only a glance.
The AN-24, run by Angara Airlines, had already turned once and was about to land in low clouds and harsh vision. However, the pilot did not report any issues. Suddenly, all contact was lost. That’s when the scramble began – the search party left and rescued the helicopters cleaned the sky in hopes of a miracle.
Remains found in the wilderness
It didn’t take long for the reality to come to light. From the air, the crew spotted patches of scorched wood, scattered the mountainsides and scattered the smoldering ruins of the plane. The rescue team’s own video shook almost instantly on social media, but the metal and black smoke roaring round the dense Siberian forests.
For a family, that’s the worst news you can imagine. Local officials confirmed that everyone was afraid. There were no signs of life. “The survivors have not been found in the air,” one rescuer said. In the nearest metropolis and forested and mountainous areas, thousands of kilometers away, reaching the scene of the collision was a challenge.
Passengers of crashing Russian planes: Who was on board?
Of the 49 people in the fateful flight, there were six crew members and five children. The rest was a mixture of ordinary Russians heading towards one of the remote corners of the country. The plane began its journey in Khabarovsk and stopped for a quick check in Blagoveshchensk. The reports say everything looked good. The flying was cleared, but just a few hours later, tragedy struck.
Tinda itself is so far away that many people in Moscow struggle to point it on the map. Located over 5,000 kilometers east of the capital, it is only a short hop from the Chinese border. The wild landscape attracts so many nature lovers, making air travel both essential and dangerous.
Why the crash caused: Questions, heartache, investigation
What causes the crash? At this point, no one really knows. There were talks about rough weather and poor visibility, but the plane passed the final test without any problems. Russian authorities have already begun an investigation, and Governor Vasily Orlov has promised that “all necessary forces and means” is the case. He also urges people not to jump to conclusions or trusts a flood of rumours that are spreading online.
The rescue team is still trying to get to the exact location, but that’s not easy. “A helicopter with rescuers cannot land in the crashed area. It’s a difficult area to reach and a mountain slope,” one official said. For now, a hotline has been set up for desperate families for scrapping news.
The AN-24 is not a new aircraft, but was built in the old Soviet era, offering hundreds of routes like this. But for the families of those who have been lost, the important thing right now is to know what happened and why.
Russian Far Eastern Aircraft crash crash: a mourning community
For Tinda, this is a day no one will soon forget. The town may be small, but the sadness is enormous. What remains now is that investigators are doing their jobs, rescuers are going to finish their tough work, and accepting that the community has lost 49 souls that should have safely landed but never returned home.
