An An-28 passenger plane with 17 people aboard went missing in the Bakcharsky district of Russia’s Tomsk region on Friday.

The Emergency Services told reporters.

“Communication was lost to the plane An-28 of the company Siberian Light Aviation,’’ a spokesman of the emergency services said.

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According to the emergency services, there are 17 people aboard the plane.