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Russian Passenger Plane Carrying 17 People Goes Missing In Siberia

The regional branch of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said the An-28 plane disappeared Friday in the Tomsk region in western Siberia

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Russian Passenger Plane Carrying 17 People Goes Missing In Siberia
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Russian passenger plane with 17 people on board has gone missing in Siberia.

The regional branch of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said the An-28 plane disappeared Friday in the Tomsk region in western Siberia.

The emergencies office said the plane carried 14 passengers, including four children, and three crew members.

A search effort is under way, officials said.

The An-28 is a small short-range, Soviet-designed turboprop used by many small carriers across Russia and some other countries.