In Kazakhstan, near the city of Aktau, a Kazakhstan Airlines passenger plane flying from Baku to Grozny crashed. Kazakh Health Minister Akmaral Alnazarova said there are six known survivors and they are “in extremely serious condition.” According to Baza, more than 60 Russians were among the passengers.
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The health department of the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan later reported 12 survivors, including a child. They were transferred to the Mangistau regional hospital in Aktau.
In total, according to Baza, there were 105 passengers and 5 crew members on the plane. The Kazakh Ministry of Transport stated that “according to preliminary information from the Azerbaijani side, there were 62 passengers and 5 crew members on board.” According to Yandex.Travel, the flight was operated by a narrow-body Embraer 190 airliner, with capacity for 114 passengers.
According to the press service of Grozny airport, RIA Novosti, the plane was diverted to Makhachkala and then to Aktau due to fog. “Azerbaijan Airlines told Sputnik Azerbaijan that, according to preliminary data, the cause of the plane crash was a collision between the plane and the birds.
52 rescuers and 11 units of material arrived at the scene of the accident, and the operations headquarters operates there, reports Orda. Alnazarova clarified that 14 ambulance teams responded to the scene.
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