An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane with 67 people on board en route from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed on December 25 near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, with 27 people lucky to survive.
Unverified video footage has been circulating on social media showing an Azerbaijan Airlines plane on fire as it crashes to the ground, sending thick black smoke billowing into the air. The silhouettes of passengers can also be seen, next to the partially intact fuselage of the crashed plane.
Reuters quoted Kazakhstan's Emergencies Ministry as saying firefighters had successfully extinguished the fire at the crash site near the Caspian Sea coast. The survivors, including three children, were treated at a nearby hospital.
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Azerbaijan Airlines confirmed that the Embraer 190 passenger plane, flight number J2-8243, which departed from Baku (Azerbaijan) to Grozny, the capital of the Russian Republic of Chechnya, was forced to make an emergency landing in an area about 3 km from the city of Aktau.
Aerial photo shows the scene of the plane crash near the city of Aktau (Kazakhstan) on December 25.
Azerbaijan Airlines said the plane departed with 67 people on board, including 62 passengers and five crew members. According to information from Kazakhstan's Ministry of Emergency Situations, 27 people were rescued from the wreckage, according to Reuters.
Russian media reported that the plane had to divert due to weather conditions in Grozny. Kazakh authorities said they were seeking information to determine what happened to the flight, including whether there was a technical problem.
Russia's aviation regulator said initial investigation results showed the pilot decided to make an emergency landing after the plane was hit by a bird.
Following the plane crash, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who was in Russia preparing for the summit, immediately returned home, TASS reported.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov sent his condolences to the families of the victims and comforted those seriously injured in the plane crash.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/27-nguoi-song-sot-trong-vu-roi-may-bay-cho-67-nguoi-o-kazakhstan-185241225155118256.htm
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