An Azerbaijan airways’ passenger aircraft heading from Baku to Grozny crashed close to Kazakhstan’s Aktau airport on Tuesday. The plane had reportedly requested an emergency touchdown earlier than the crash. In accordance with Reuters, the fligt had 67 passengers and 5 crew members on board, Kazakh authorities mentioned, confirming 12 individuals had survived the tragic incident.
Kazakh media reported {that a} aircraft touring from Azerbaijan’s capital Baku to Grozny in Russia’s Chechnya crashed at Aktau airport. Earlier than the crash, the plane reportedly circled the airport a number of instances whereas requesting an emergency touchdown earlier than stalling and crashing.
Video of the incident has surfaced on social media, displaying the flight descending abnormally towards the bottom. Upon touching the runway, the aircraft erupts into flames.
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BREAKING: Azerbaijan Airways flight touring from Baku to Grozny crashes in Aktau, Kazakhstan, after reportedly requesting an emergency touchdown pic.twitter.com/hB5toqEFe2
— RT (@RT_com) December 25, 2024
Azerbaijan Airways confirmed the crash in social media posts on X, Fb, and Instagram. The posts, written in Kazakh and English, acknowledged: “The Embraer 190 plane operated by Azerbaijan Airways, flight numbered J2-8243 on the Baku-Grozny route, made an emergency touchdown roughly three kilometers (1.eight miles) close to the town of Aktau. Extra data concerning the incident will likely be offered to the general public.”
FlightRadar24.com knowledge confirmed the flight’s final location close to Aktau airport on Wednesday, December 25.
The Central Asian nation’s emergencies ministry’s assertion mentioned that the fireplace had been doused. The survivors are being handled at a close-by hospital, the assertion added.
In the meantime, Russian information businesses reported that the aircraft was rerouted attributable to heavy fog in Grozny.
Kazakh authorities have launched an investigation into the incident. They’re exploring a number of potentialities, together with a technical situation, in response to Russia’s Interfax information company.
(With Reuters inputs)
