An Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying 48 people crashed in Russia's far east as it was preparing to land, killing everyone on board in an incident that spotlighted the continued use of old, Soviet-era aircraft.

The Soviet-era turboprop, a model with a poor safety record, crashed in a mountainous region in Russia’s far east.

Flight recorders have been found at the crash site of a passenger plane in eastern Russia a day after the deadly accident, according to the Russian Transport Ministry on Friday. The recorders are to be brought to Moscow for decoding,