48 people die in Russia plane crash

All 48 passengers and crew onboard a passenger plane that crashed in Russia's Far East have died, the head of the country’s Amur region said in a statement on Thursday.

- Agencies

There were 42 passengers, including five children, and six crew members on board.

Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said earlier that it had found the burning fuselage of the Soviet-designed twin turbo prop plane on a hillside south of its planned destination in the town of Tynda, more than 7,000km east of Moscow.