Vietnamese President extends condolences to Russian counterpart over plane crash
Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 7 sent a message of condolences to his Russia counterpart, Vladimir Putin, over a plane crash in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula a day earlier, killing all 28 people on board.
Rescuers are deployed to the area where the Russian Antonov An-26 plane went missing in Kamchatka on July 6. (Photo: EMERCOM/VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 7 sent a message of condolences to his
Russia counterpart, Vladimir Putin, over a plane crash in Russia's Far Eastern
Kamchatka Peninsula a day earlier, killing all 28 people on board.
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.
There were 22 passengers and six crew members on board the plane, Russia's emergencies ministry said. Two passengers were children under the age of 12./.
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.
There were 22 passengers and six crew members on board the plane, Russia's emergencies ministry said. Two passengers were children under the age of 12./.
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