MOSCOW, July 28. /TASS/. The Antonov An-2 plane that went missing more than a week ago was discovered in Siberia’s Irkutsk Region, a source in the emergencies services told TASS on Tuesday.
"We received information that the An-2 plane, which had gone missing with six people onboard, was discovered in the Usolsky district in the Irkutsk Region," the source said.
The An-2 plane owned by Fenix airline took off from the Kyren village in Buryatia’s Tunkinsky district on July 19 and contact with it was lost. The plane was making an aerial survey flight to specify an area to be sprayed against silkworm. There were six people aboard, including two crew members and four crew members from other aircraft of the Fenix airline. The plane, manufactured in 1984, was "in ideal condition" and the crew had great flight experience.
The East Siberian investigative transport department of the Russian Investigative Committee launched a criminal case into violating the rules of safety and operation of aircraft, which caused the death of more than two people.