Tokayev condoles with Putin over plane crash in Kamchatka Peninsula

AKIPRESS.COM - Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sent a telegram of condolences to President Vladimir Putin.
It is with great sorrow that President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev received the tragic news of the death of passengers and crew of the An-26 plane that crashed in the Kamchatka region, the statement said.
"Sharing the bitterness of the irreparable loss, on behalf of the people of Kazakhstan and my own behalf, I express my deep condolences to the families and close ones of the victims," the President's telegram reads.
The plane was en route from regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana, a town in northwestern Kamchatka, when it lost contact with air traffic control shortly before 3pm local time (03:00 GMT) on Tuesday, Russia's emergencies ministry said.
There were 22 passengers and six crew on board the Antonov An-26 twin-engined turboprop, which has been in operation since 1982.