A passenger plane carrying 67 people crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning after colliding with birds while traveling from Azerbaijan to Russia, authorities said.
The Azerbaijan Airlines flight, which crashed near Aktau, a city in southwestern Kazakhstan, had 62 passengers and five crew members on board, Kazakhstan’s emergencies ministry said in a post on Telegram.
The Embraer 190 aircraft made an emergency landing approximately 1.8 miles away from the city of Aktau, according to a statement released on Telegram by Azerbaijan Airlines.
The investigation is ongoing and additional information regarding the incident will be provided, Azerbaijan Airlines said in a statement released on Telegram.
Chechnyan leader Ramzan Kadyrov expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased passengers in a post on his Telegram account on Wednesday morning.
Persons:
Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin, Ilham Aliyev, “, ” Peskov, Aliyev, Ramzan Kadyrov
Organizations:
Azerbaijan Airlines, RIA Novosti, Kazakh Ministry of Transport, Embraer
Locations:
Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Aktau, Baku, Grozny, Russia's Chechnya, Russian, Makhachkala, Gronzny, St, Petersburg