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 Thursday.

An Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying 48 people crashed in Russia's far east as it was preparing to land, killing everyone on board in an incident that spotlighted the continued use of old, Soviet-era aircraft.

Angara Airlines is under scrutiny following a crash of its Antonov An-24 plane in Russia, killing all 48 passengers. A prior inspection uncovered severe safety violations related to aircraft servicing,

Russia has said that a burning fuselage has been spotted in the search for a missing Angara Airlines An-24 passenger plane.

Investigators have recovered flight data recorders from the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Russia's far east, killing 48 people, and will send them for analysis, Russian authorities said Friday.