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Contact lost with plane in Russia's Far East, 28 on board: reports

An-26 was flying from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana in the Kamchatka Peninsula

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Moscow: Contact has been lost with a passenger plane carrying 28 people in Russia's Far East, news agencies cited emergency services as saying on Tuesday.

The An-26 was flying from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana in the Kamchatka Peninsula when it did not make a scheduled communication, the Interfax and RIA Novosti agencies quoted the emergencies ministry as saying.

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