Dozens of passengers are believed to be injured after the An-24 passenger jet crash landed at
Nizhneangarsk airport.
A statement by the authorities said the airplane has taken off this morning from
Nizhneangarsk airport en route to Ulan-Ude.
There were 46 people, including four crew, on board the plane, which was en route from the regional capital of Ulan-Ude to
Nizhneangarsk.
Summary: Moscow [Russia], Jun 27 (ANI): Two people were killed and 19 others sustained injuries after an An-24 passenger plane rolled off the runway while making an emergency landing on Nizhneangarsk airport in Russia's Republic of Buryatia on Thursday.
The incident took place when an Angara Airlines flight en route from Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk made an emergency landing on Nizhneangarsk airport at 10:24 am (local time) after one of its engines failed.
From there, they rode up the west side to the town of
Nizhneangarsk at the northern end of the lake.
Burpala, located 100 km to the north of
Nizhneangarsk on Lake Baikal, consists of nepheline syenites in the central part and syenites in peripheral parts of the massif.