🚨🇰🇿 NEWS: 67 PEOPLE ON BOARD AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES - 6 survivors
▪️ The Embraer 190 flight from Baku to Grozny was carrying 62 passengers and 5 crew members.
▪️ 6 survivors have been confirmed.
▪️ The crash was apparently caused by a collision with a flock of birds.
▪️ 52 rescuers and 11 vehicles from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan are at the scene.
▪️ A special investigation into the crash has been launched by the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan. Source: SputnikInt.
🚨🇰🇿 NEWS: Passenger plane crashes near AKTAU airport
A passenger plane carrying up to 110 people has crashed near Aktau airport in Kazakhstan, a country in Central Asia that borders Russia to the north and China to the east.
The Embraer 190 swerved due to heavy fog before the crash.
Rescue teams found the plane on fire, and although survivors have been reported, details of the casualties are unclear.
Kazakhstan, the world's largest landlocked country, is strategically located between Europe and Asia. The crash site is located near the Caspian Sea, in the western region of the country.
Source: Deccan Herald, Tribune