diff --git a/src/STEPCAFControl/STEPCAFControl_Reader.cxx b/src/STEPCAFControl/STEPCAFControl_Reader.cxx
index 11f9ce41e5..70d3988cdf 100644
--- a/src/STEPCAFControl/STEPCAFControl_Reader.cxx
+++ b/src/STEPCAFControl/STEPCAFControl_Reader.cxx
@@ -1948,7 +1948,6 @@ Standard_Boolean readAnnotationPlane(const Handle(StepVisual_AnnotationPlane) th
 {
   if (theAnnotationPlane.IsNull())
     return Standard_False;
-  gp_Ax2 aPlaneAxes;
   Handle(StepRepr_RepresentationItem) aPlaneItem = theAnnotationPlane->Item();
   if (aPlaneItem.IsNull())
     return Standard_False;
@@ -1965,23 +1964,11 @@ Standard_Boolean readAnnotationPlane(const Handle(StepVisual_AnnotationPlane) th
   if (aA2P3D.IsNull())
     return Standard_False;
 
-  // build gp_Ax2 from axes
-  Handle(StepGeom_Direction) anAxis = aA2P3D->Axis(),
-    aRefDir = aA2P3D->RefDirection();
-  if (anAxis.IsNull() || aRefDir.IsNull())
-    return Standard_False;
-
-  Handle(TColStd_HArray1OfReal) aCoords;
-  aCoords = anAxis->DirectionRatios();
-  gp_Dir aXDir(aCoords->Value(1), aCoords->Value(2), aCoords->Value(3));
-  aCoords = aRefDir->DirectionRatios();
-  gp_Dir aYDir(aCoords->Value(1), aCoords->Value(2), aCoords->Value(3));
-  aPlaneAxes.SetDirection(aXDir.Crossed(aYDir));
-  aPlaneAxes.SetYDirection(aYDir);
-  //set location of the annotation plane
-  Handle(TColStd_HArray1OfReal) aLocCoords;
-  Handle(StepGeom_CartesianPoint) aLoc = aA2P3D->Location();
-  gp_Pnt aLocPos(aLoc->CoordinatesValue(1) * theFact, aLoc->CoordinatesValue(2) * theFact, aLoc->CoordinatesValue(3) * theFact);
+  gp_Ax2 aPlaneAxes;
+  Handle(Geom_Axis2Placement) anAxis = StepToGeom::MakeAxis2Placement(aA2P3D);
+  aPlaneAxes = anAxis->Ax2();
+  gp_XYZ aLocPos = aPlaneAxes.Location().XYZ();
+  aLocPos *= theFact;
   aPlaneAxes.SetLocation(aLocPos);
   thePlane = aPlaneAxes;
   return Standard_True;
diff --git a/tests/bugs/step/bug28449 b/tests/bugs/step/bug28449
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4470744fdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bugs/step/bug28449
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+puts "========"
+puts "OCC28449"
+puts "========"
+puts ""
+#################################################
+# Wrong orientation of Annotation Plane in GD&T
+#################################################
+
+ReadStep Doc [locate_data_file bug26689_nist_ctc_01_asme1_ap242.stp]
+
+set pos [XGetGDTPosition Doc 0:1:4:1]
+regexp {normal: +([-0-9.+eE]+) ([-0-9.+eE]+) ([-0-9.+eE]+)} $pos full pos_x pos_y pos_z
+regexp {x_direction: +([-0-9.+eE]+) ([-0-9.+eE]+) ([-0-9.+eE]+)} $pos full dir_x dir_y dir_z
+set isOK 1
+set prec 1e-7
+
+if {[expr abs($pos_x)] > $prec || [expr abs($pos_y + 1)] > $prec || [expr abs($pos_z)] > $prec} {
+  set isOK 0
+}
+if {[expr abs($dir_x - 1)] > $prec || [expr abs($dir_y)] > $prec || [expr abs($dir_z)] > $prec} {
+  set isOK 0
+}
+
+if {$isOK == 0} {
+  puts "Error: wrong Annotation plane"
+}
diff --git a/tests/gdt/dimensions/A8 b/tests/gdt/dimensions/A8
index fffe3f7b51..33b5f78198 100644
--- a/tests/gdt/dimensions/A8
+++ b/tests/gdt/dimensions/A8
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if {$isOK} {
 set c_value "10"
 set c_type "Size_CurveLength"
 set c_pos {position: -5 0 7
-normal: -1 0 0
-x_direction: 0 1 0
+normal: 0 1 0
+x_direction: 0 0 -1
 }
 }