Azerbaijan Airways Aircraft Crash: A spine-chilling video of the doomed plane J2-8243 of Azerbaijan airways has been broadly shared throughout social media, the clip captures the harrowing moments earlier than and after the aircraft crashed three Km away from Aktau airport in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. Of all of the 67 individuals on board, 38 have been killed within the crash. The Embraer 190 plane took off from Azerbaijan’s capital Baku and was certain to achieve Grozny in Chechnya in southern Russia.
Within the footage, a passenger is heard saying ‘Allahu Akbar’ (God is nice) repeatedly, their voice breaking by way of the chaos. Yellow oxygen masks dangle over the seats as cries and screams fill the cabin, overpowered by the unsettling chime of the ‘put on seatbelt’ mild.
In line with Kazakh officers, the passengers aboard the ill-fated plane included 42 Azerbaijani residents, 16 Russian nationals, six Kazakhs and three Kyrgyzstan nationals.
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The ultimate moments of the Azerbaijan Airways aircraft earlier than its crash in Kazakhstan have been captured by a passenger onboard.
Aftermath additionally included within the footage. pic.twitter.com/nCRozjdoUY
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Subkhonkul Rakhimov, a survivor of the crash, described his harrowing expertise to Reuters. He recalled, “An explosion was heard.” Rakhimov defined, “The aircraft all of the sudden rose quickly and commenced to extend its altitude when it was about to land in Grozny. There was heavy fog on the time, and the crew tried to land the aircraft in Grozny 3 times, however all failed. An explosion occurred throughout the third try to land.”
Russia’s aviation regulator, Rosaviatsia, said that preliminary findings point out the pilots opted for an emergency touchdown following a hen strike.
At a information convention, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev urged warning in opposition to early hypothesis, highlighting that climate situations had compelled the plane to deviate from its deliberate route. “The knowledge supplied to me is that the aircraft modified its course between Baku and Grozny resulting from worsening climate situations and headed to Aktau airport, the place it crashed upon touchdown,” he mentioned.
Azerbaijan’s state information company, Azertac, reported {that a} delegation, together with the emergency conditions minister, deputy normal prosecutor, and the vice chairman of Azerbaijan Airways, was despatched to Aktau for an “on-site investigation.”
In the meantime, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who was en path to Russia, returned to Azerbaijan upon listening to the information of the crash. He was scheduled to attend a casual assembly of the Commonwealth of Impartial States (CIS) in St. Petersburg. In a press release on social media, Aliyev expressed his condolences, saying, “It’s with deep unhappiness that I specific my condolences to the households of the victims and want a speedy restoration to these injured.” He additionally declared Dec. 26 a day of mourning in Azerbaijan.
Russian President Vladimir Putin additionally provided his condolences throughout a cellphone name with Aliyev, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed.
(With company inputs)
