MOSCOW, July 16 (Sputnik) - The plane disappeared from radar in the Bakcharsky district of the Tomsk region, according to emergency services.

An An-28 plane carrying 17 passengers has gone missing over central Russia, a source in local emergency services told RIA on Friday.

According to the source, the emergency services are carrying out a search for the SiLa Airlines plane. The circumstances of the incident remain unclear.

The aircraft disappeared in the Bakcharsky district of the Tomsk region, the source added.