An-2 plane disappears from radar in Russia's Kamchatka region

An Antonov An-2 plane has disappeared from radar in Russia's Kamchatka region, a spokesperson for the main regional branch of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.

"An An-2 plane has disappeared from radar. We are trying to figure out what happened," TASS cited the spokesperson as saying.

According to the Emergencies Ministry, there were 22 passengers, among them a child, and six crew members aboard the plane en route from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana.

An emergency source said that contact with the aircraft had been lost during landing.