Several people were hurt in the crash landing of a Utair flight several kilometers from its destination airport in the Yamal-Nenets autonomous area, a spokesman for the Urals transport prosecutor’s office told TASS.

"An An-26662 airplane operated by the Utair air carrier, which was performing chartered flight UTR 9706 from Sabetta to Utrenny made an emergency landing some two kilometers from Utrenny airdrome at 3:40 p.m. local time (10:40 a.m. GMT). Several people were hurt," the spokesman said.

A probe is underway.