Smoke rising from the site of plane crash in Kazakhstan and people jammed at the spot.
Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan). There is news of Azerbaijan’s plane crashing in Kazakhstan. There were 67 passengers in it. The plane caught fire after it crashed. Relief and rescue teams are on the spot. Complete details are awaited. A video shows the plane rapidly losing altitude and starting to veer to the right. It later crashed in an open field and burst into flames.
It is being said that it was a passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines, which crashed near Aktau city of Kazakhstan. After this it was engulfed in flames. This Embraer 190 aircraft was going from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to Gruzni in Chechnya, Russia, but its route was changed due to fog there. The aircraft was carrying 62 passengers along with five crew members. Now information is coming that some people have survived the accident. But a large number of people have died.
The accident happened near the airport
According to the information, this accident happened very close to the airport. The plane reportedly made several circles requesting an emergency landing, but suddenly stalled and crashed. After this, ambulances appeared at the accident site. There relief and rescue teams were successful in saving some people. Some people were seen disembarking from the emergency exit located at the rear of the plane. The aircraft registration number seen in the video, 4K-AZ65, matches data available on FlightRadar24.
Was flying over the Caspian Sea at the time of the accident
Data from online flight tracking website Flightradar24 shows the plane was flying over the Caspian Sea before it crashed. He was moving towards his destination in Chechnya. But the pilot of the plane, sensing danger after entering Russia’s territorial limits, was seen requesting an emergency landing and circling near the airport. The incident occurred at 6:28 a.m. UTC (11:58 a.m.) on Wednesday. The plane crashed a few kilometers from the airport and near the Caspian Sea coast.
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