A passenger plane crashed outside a remote town in the Far East of Russia on Thursday, killing all 49 people on board, officials said.

A Russian Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying about 50 people crashed in the country's far east on Thursday and everyone on board was feared to have been killed, emergency services officials said....

Regional governor Vasily Orlov said that according to preliminary data, there were 43 passengers, including five children, and six crew members on board.