All passengers on board the plane that went missing in the Tomsk region of Russia survived

A spokesman for the Russian Emergencies Ministry announced today, Friday, that all those on board the plane “An-28”, which disappeared earlier from radar screens, are alive.

Moscow – Sputnik. “Everyone on board is alive,” the spokesman said.

At the same time, a source at the Ministry of Emergencies told “Sputnik”:

“At approximately 14.36 the location of the crash was found.”

Earlier in the day, the spokesman announced that four helicopters began searching for the An-28 plane, which disappeared from radar screens, when it was in the “Tomsk” region of Siberia, in central Russia; On board were 17 people, including four children.

“A search operation was organized using four Mi-8 helicopters, belonging to the Russian Air Transport Agency and the Emergencies Ministry,” he said.