Trio aboard missing plane found alive in Russia's Kamchatka after three days


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  • Sunday, 22 Dec 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) - All three people on board a plane that was forced to make an emergency landing in Russia's remote Kamchatka region have been found alive and well after a three-day search, officials said on Sunday.

The operation ended when a rescue helicopter spotted the An-2 aircraft despite difficult weather conditions on Kamchatka, a peninsula that juts into the Pacific Ocean and is known for its wilderness and volcanoes.

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