Moscow - Qna
Rescuers in Russia''s Far East have found the Antonov An-12 transport plane that crashed on Tuesday, the regional emergencies ministry said on Wednesday. The aircraft, carrying 11 people and 16 metric tons of food, disappeared from radars some 300 kilometers from its take-off point in the city of Magadan early on Tuesday, shortly after reporting a fuel leak and fire in an engine, according to Russian (RIA Novosti) News Agency. There are no official reports of survivors in the crash. Mil Mi-8 transport helicopters found the crash site some 82 kilometers from the village of Omsukchan. Russia''s aviation agency, Rosaviatsia, confirmed the recognition of the crashed plane. The aircraft, which was en route to Chukotka, belonged to the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aircraft building plant but was leased to Khabarovsk-based Avis-Amur air carrier.