Yahoo Autos A Russian passenger plane carrying at least 13 people has disappeared in Siberia, said state media reports
A passenger plane disappeared in the Tomsk region of Siberia, Russian state media reported.
Tass and Interfax reported that there were at least 13 people on board.
The aircraft "stopped communicating" and an emergency beacon was recorded, a source told Interfax.
A passenger plane has disappeared from flight radars in the Tomsk region of Siberia, Russian state media reported Friday, citing the Siberian Rescue Center.
There were at least 13 people on board the Antonov An-28 aircraft, Tass and Interfax reported, while RIA Novosti put the number at 17. Tass reported that four children were on board.
The aircraft "stopped communicating," and an emergency beacon was later recorded in the Bakcharsky district in Tomsk, Interfax's source said.
The plane belonged to the Siberian Light Aviation airline, which confirmed that its An-28 aircraft had disapperared from radars, RIA Novosti reported. The airline did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
The plane was flying from the town of Kedrovy in the Tomsk region to the city of Tomsk, RIA Novosti reported, citing the airline.
Authorities have set up a search for the missing plane, Interfax reported.
Earlier this month an Antonov An-26 passenger plane carrying 22 people also disappeared from flight radars in Russia's far east, with the wreckage found hours later. There were no survivors.
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