Almost 50 people including children are feared dead after a Soviet-era passenger plane crashed in Russia’s far eastern Amur region, state media reported on Thursday, citing local officials.

A Russian Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying 48 people crashed in the country's far east on Thursday as it was preparing to land, killing everyone on board, the regional governor and investigators said.

A plane carrying 49 people crashed in Russia's far eastern region of Amur and its fuselage was found ablaze with no evidence of any survivors, authorities said.