MOSCOW, June 28 (RIA Novosti) - Five people were injured after an Antonov An-2 biplane made an emergency landing in Russia’s far eastern Khabarovsk Territory, local Emergencies Ministry’s department said on Friday.
Earlier reports said three people were injured in the incident with one of them being in critical condition.
“According to latest information, five people were injured after An-2 plane crash landed in a forest near the village of Nekrasovka in the Khabarovsk Territory,” the department said in a statement.
The statement also specified that the biplane carried a total of nine people, including two crewmembers and seven passengers, instead of a previously reported figure of seven people.
The cause of the emergency landing and other details of the incident were not reported as of yet.
Hundreds of An-2s remain in service in Russia despite the aircraft's age, due to its reliability and versatility. The first An-2 flew in 1947 and production ceased in 1992.
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