There are survivors
Azerbaijani passenger plane crashes
An Azerbaijani Embraer E190AR passenger plane has crashed in Kazakhstan. According to the Kazakh government, 29 people survived the accident. The Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office had previously stated that 32 of the 67 people on board the aircraft on flight J28243 had survived. Ten survivors are reportedly in a life-threatening condition.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen According to the Kazakh Ministry of Transport, the scheduled flight operated by the state-owned Azerbaijani airline Azerbaijan Airlines was on its way from Azerbaijan's capital Baku to Grozny in the Russian republic of Chechnya. The Embraer 190 aircraft went off course and made an "emergency landing" around three kilometers from Aktau, a port city on the east coast of the Caspian Sea.
Videos show impact and burnt-out wreckage
Videos published by Russian media showed an aircraft hitting the ground and a large fire breaking out. Other footage showed a partially burnt-out plane on the ground. The front part of the plane was completely destroyed. The plane caught fire after the crash, according to the Kazakh Ministry of Civil Protection. 150 emergency personnel were dispatched and the fire has since been extinguished.
Pictures from the crash site:
The authorities in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have launched investigations into the accident. The Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office announced that a team of investigators had been sent to Kazakhstan. The Kazakh Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that the investigation related to allegations of "violations of safety regulations" in air traffic, among other things.
Caspian Sea crossed "off the normal route"
According to the "Flightradar" website, the ill-fated plane had crossed the Caspian Sea off its normal route. It then went into a spin near Aktau before finally crashing (see image below).
The office of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev reported that the head of state had cut short a visit to Russia, where he was due to attend an informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Aliyev had ordered "the immediate initiation of urgent measures to investigate the cause of the accident".
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