The plane went down near the western city of Aktau.
An Azerbaijan Airlines airliner, which was operating a flight between Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, and Grozny, capital of the Russian Caucasian republic of Chechnya, crashed on Wednesday December 25 in Kazakhstan with 67 people on board, local authorities announced. According to the same source, 28 people survived the crash.
The plane fell near the town of Aktau in western Kazakhstan, the Kazakh Ministry of Emergency Situations said in a statement on Telegram, without further details.
Ongoing investigations
“The airliner connecting Baku to Grozny crashed near Aktau. This plane belongs to the airline Azerbaijan Airlines,” the Kazakh Ministry of Transport said in a statement.
“According to initial information from the Azerbaijani side, 62 passengers and 5 crew members were on board,” he said.
For its part, Azerbaijan Airlines indicated that it was an Embraer 190 plane which “made an emergency landing”.
“Information on the victims is being clarified. According to initial estimates, there are survivors,” stressed the Kazakh Ministry of Emergency Situations.
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