Passenger aircraft with 67 inmates crashes in Kazakhstan
Passenger aircraft with 67 inmates crashes in Kazakhstan
A passenger plane with 67 people on board that flew from Azerbaijan to southern Russia, crashed on Wednesday near the Kazakh city of Aktau, as the local authorities announced.
fire at the scene of the accident
The Ministry of Emergency Sitaries reported that the teams of operations found the aircraft on fire when they arrived at the scene of the accident. "The rescue units have started to extinguish the fire. Information about the victims is currently being specified, and according to preliminary information there are survivors," the Ministry said.
number of passengers and crew members
According to the preliminary reports from the Kazakh Ministry of Transport, there were 62 passengers and 5 crew members on board the aircraft.emergency landing of the aircraft
The Azerbaijani airline Azal said that the flight J2-8243-an Embraer 190-was traveling from Azerbaijanese capital Baku to Grosny in the Russian region of Chechnya and had to carry out an emergency landing about 3 kilometers (1.8 miles).
further information
The airline published on their Facebook page, that Additional information about the incident is made available to the public.
Current developments
This story continues to develop and is updated regularly.
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