Bodies of 19 victims recovered from Russian plane crash site

Part of the wreckage of a missing Antonov An-26 missing plane found near its destination airport outside the town of Palana, in Russia’s Far East (Russian emergency situations ministry/AP)

Rescuers have found the bodies of 19 victims a day after a plane crash in a remote area in Russia’s Far East, the authorities said.

An Antonov An-26 carrying 28 people crashed on Tuesday near its destination town of Palana in the region of Kamchatka, apparently as it came in for a landing in bad weather.