A plane carrying 93 passengers has crashed in Kazakhstan killing at least 15 people with local media reporting the death toll is likely to rise.
The Bek Air plane, Kazakhstan's first low-cost budget airline, left Almaty International Airport and suddenly lost height crashing into a
two-storey building after hitting a concrete fence. More than 30 passengers have been taken to hospitals with injuries described as extremely severe. Image: AP
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