"The investigation team, with the participation of representatives of the Interstate Aviation Committee commission, conducted an additional inspection of the scene, during which flight recorders were found and seized, which recorded in-cab communications of the crew members and the technical parameters of the flight," the department said.

On September 22, it became known that the An-26 plane had disappeared from radar in the Khabarovsk Territory.

Later, a Mi-8 helicopter EMERCOM of Russia discovered the wreckage of the crashed aircraft during search operations.

Later it was reported that the entire An-26 crew (six people) had died, and the remains of the crew were found at the crash site.