Kazakhstan Plane Crash: The news of the crash of a passenger plane has come to light on Christmas Day on Wednesday (25 December) near Aktau city of Kazakhstan. There were 67 people on board the plane. There were 62 passengers and 5 crew members. Of these, 42 people died in the accident.
Emergency services reached the spot immediately after the accident. The work of extinguishing the fire in the aircraft is being done rapidly. Let us tell you that this aircraft was operated by Azerbaijan Airlines. It was flying from Baku to Grozny in Chechnya, Russia, but its route was changed due to fog in Grozny.
42 people feared dead
According to AP report, Kazakhstan’s Emergency Ministry says that 42 people are feared dead in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash. The number of people on board the flight is as follows.
country passenger
Azerbaijan- 37
Russia- 16
Kazakhstan- 6
Kyrgyzstan- 3
Emergency services reached the spot
According to local media of Kazakhstan, there were 62 passengers and 5 crew members on board the plane. Kazakhstan’s Emergency Ministry said emergency services arrived at the scene immediately after the accident. The work of extinguishing the fire in the aircraft is being done rapidly. A video related to the accident is also going viral very fast on social media platforms.
BREAKING: Passenger plane crashes near Aktau Airport in Kazakhstan pic.twitter.com/M2DtYe6nZU
— BNO News (@BNONews) December 25, 2024
Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash victim
According to Flight Radar 24, the plane that was involved in the accident. It was Embraer ERJ-190 of Azerbaijan Airlines. It took off from Baku for Grozny at 3:55 am UTC (9:25 Indian time). There was a GPS problem in the flight, due to which it stopped working before the accident. In another video related to the accident, it is seen that many people are present at the accident site.
REDUCE:
There were 62 passengers and 5 crew members on board the “Embraer 190” plane that performed the Baku-Grozny flight, a total of 67 people.AZAL told the media that there were no children among the passengers,#Azerbaijan #Kazakhstan pic.twitter.com/9LkzKFPRoP
— Konul Sahin 𓃠 (@KonulikShahin) December 25, 2024
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