Plane with 28 on board goes missing in far-east Russia

The plane was coming in for landing when contact was lost about six miles away from Palana’s airport

The Antonov An-26 with the same board number #RA-26085 as the missing plane is parked at Airport Elizovo outside Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Picture: Marina Lystseva

A plane with 28 people on board has gone missing in the Russian far-east region of Kamchatka, local officials said.

An An-26 plane with 22 passengers and six crew flying from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the village of Palana missed a scheduled communication, local emergency officials said.