Nine found dead in Siberian plane wreckage

Rescue workers today found the wreckage of a small plane that went missing in Siberia, and all nine people aboard were confirmed dead, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

The An-2 plane, carrying a crew of two and seven passengers, was reported missing yesterday shortly before its scheduled landing in the town of Tura in the Evenkiya region of central Siberia. It crashed into a mountain on its approach to the airport, said a duty officer in the Siberian regional branch of the ministry.