Russian plane that crashed in Afghanistan had 6 people on board, disappeared from radars on Saturday

The Russian-registered plane that crashed in Afghanistan had 6 people on board, including 4 crew members, local media reported on Sunday.

Russian aviation authorities said the plane was a charter ambulance flight traveling from India, via Uzbekistan to Moscow on a French-made Dassault Aviation Falcon 10 jet manufactured in 1978, reports Reuters news agency.

Russian media said that the plane disappeared from radar screens on Saturday evening while in the airspace of Afghanistan near the border with Tajikistan. The plane had crashed overnight in a remote, mountainous region of Badakhshan in Afghanistan's far north Badakhshan province.

The spokesperson for Badakhshan's provincial government, Zabihullah Amiri, told Reuters that a team had been sent to the accident site of the crash, but added that it might take them more than 12 hours to reach as it is a remote area, lying more than 200 km from the provincial capital Fayzabad.

He said there were no confirmed details on the type of plane, cause of the crash or casualties.

Initially, it was reported that the plane was an Indian chartered flight, but it was refuted by Indian authorities.

(With inputs from Reuters)