On Tuesday, Egypt expressed its sincere condolences and sympathy to Russia in the crash of a passenger plane in the Kamchatka region in eastern Russia. The crash resulted in the death of all passengers and crew members.
In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt affairmed its standing and solidarity, government and people, with the government and people of Russia in this painful affliction. Egypt also extended its deepest condolences to the families of the victims.
Earlier today, a passenger plane with 28 people on board crashed in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Tuesday, Russia's aviation agency told CNN.
The plane, a Russian-built Antonov An-26 twin-engined turboprop, was flying from the regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the village of Palana, in Kamchatka's north, when it missed a scheduled communication and disappeared from radar, according to local emergency and transport officials.
Russia's aviation agency told CNN on Tuesday that the wreckage of the plane was found 4 to 5 kilometers from the Palana airport runway.
"Wreckage was found near the hills on the coastline," a spokesperson for Rosaviation said. Earlier, Russian state new agency RIA Novosti reported the plane was thought to have crashed into the sea.
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