An Embraer passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday (Dec 25) with 67 passengers and five crew on board.
Kazakh authorities said 12 people had survived.
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Kazakh authorities said 12 people had survived.
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00:00An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane enroute from Baku to Grozny crashed at Aktau Airport
00:05in Kazakhstan, the Kazakh Ministry of Emergency Situations said on Wednesday.
00:10According to the ministry's statement, the plane was found on fire as soon as rescue
00:15teams arrived at the crash site.
00:17A total of 52 personnel and 11 units of machinery from the Ministry of Emergency Situations
00:23of Kazakhstan were rushed to the location.
00:27Rescue teams immediately carried out firefighting operations.
00:30As of now, information about the victims is still being verified, however, initial reports
00:36indicate that there are survivors.
00:38Meanwhile, the Kazakhstan Ministry of Transport announced that the incident would be investigated
00:43in detail.