“A passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines crashed on the morning of December 25 near the city of Aktau, with 62 passengers and five crew members on board”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Residents of Aktau came to donate blood for the victims, writes Tengrinews with reference to local mass media.
The Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan reports that, according to preliminary data, 37 citizens of Azerbaijan, six citizens of Kazakhstan, three citizens of Kyrgyzstan, and 16 citizens of Russia flew on the plane.
The causes of the disaster are unknown. Azerbaijan Airlines reported that, according to preliminary information, the cause of the incident was a collision between the plane and birds.
According to the Grozny airport board, flight J2 8243 from Baku was supposed to arrive in Chechnya at 8:20 a.m. Moscow time. According to preliminary data, due to fog in Grozny, the plane was diverted to Makhachkala, and then to Aktau.
A passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines crashed on the morning of December 25 near the city of Aktau. There were 62 passengers and five crew members in the plane.
150 employees and 45 units of equipment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and other emergency services of Kazakhstan worked at the place of the fall.