Dozens dead as Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashes in Aktau, Kazakhstan
Dozens were killed Wednesday when a passenger plane carrying 67 people from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed in Kazakhstan, authorities said.
Dozens were killed Wednesday after a passenger plane carrying 67 people from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed in Kazakhstan, authorities said.
The Azerbaijan Airlines flight, which crashed near Aktau, a city in southwestern Kazakhstan, had 62 passengers and five crew members on board, Kazakhstan’s Emergencies Ministry said in a post on Telegram. The Kazakh Health Ministry later published a list of 29 survivors, including two children.
Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said 38 people were killed in the crash, according to the Kazakh news outlet Tengrinews.
Bozumbayev told the Tengrinews that the bodies were "mostly burnt" and would be taken to a morgue for identification.
The Russian state news agency Ria Novosti reported that the passengers were 37 Azerbaijani citizens, 16 Russians, 6 Kazakh citizens and 3 Kyrgyz citizens, citing the Kazakh Transport Ministry.
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