ASTANA - Twenty five survivors from the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane in western Kazakhstan have been hospitalised, local health officials said on Wednesday.
"At the moment, 25 survivors have been taken to the regional hospital, including five in intensive care," the health ministry's regional department said in a statement.
The passenger jet flying from the capital Baku to Grozny in Russia crashed in western Kazakhstan, the Kazakh transport ministry said on Wednesday.
"A plane doing the Baku-Grozny route crashed near the city of Aktau. It belongs to Azerbaijan Airlines," the ministry said on Telegram.
Azerbaijan Airlines, the country's flag carrier, said the Embraer 190 had "made an emergency landing" around three kilometres from Aktau, an oil and gas hub on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea.
The Kazakh transport ministry said there were 62 passengers and five crew members on the plane.
The country's emergency situations ministry said its personnel were putting out a fire at the site.
⚡️⚡️ BREAKING: A passenger plane flying from Baku to Grozny has crashed in Kazakhstan, with 72 people on board
The aircraft, operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, went down near the Kazakh city of Aktau, according to local news agency Tengrinews.
The plane carried 67 passengers and… pic.twitter.com/DJPlq7Vaxm— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 25, 2024