It was not immediately clear how many people were on board the aircraft but estimates range from 13-17 passengers.

It comes just days after a plane carrying 28 people crashed in the far east of the country.

The Antonov An-26 twin-engined turboprop missed a scheduled communication and disappeared from radar during its flight from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy.

The wreckage was later found on a coastal cliffside and in the sea.

Russian media reported that none of the six crew members or 22 passengers on board had survived.