An Embraer E190 passenger plane en route from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed in Kazakhstan, resulting in at least 38 fatalities. The aircraft was forced to divert due to thick fog and subsequently crashed near Aktau. Survivors are receiving medical attention.
At least 38 people have died in a passenger plane crash in Kazakhstan after it was forced to divert from its destination in southern Russia . Investigations into the causes of the incident are still ongoing. 'Don't worry, tell mom not to worry. Thank God we're safe, thank you. I got a stitch almost all the way up my arm' That was Zulfugar Asadov, a flight attendant of Embraer E190 speaking on the phone with her loved ones.
He was in the Embraer passenger plane travelling from Azerbaijan to Russia that crashed near the city of Aktau, in Kazakhstan. According to local authorities, 38 people have died and 29 survivors are receiving treatment in hospital, some, in critical condition. Of the 67 on board, 42 were Azerbaijan citizens, 16 Russians, 6 citizens of Kazakhstan and 3 people from Kyrgyzstan. The Azerbaijan Airlines flight from Baku to Grozny, capital of the Chechnya region in Russia, flew hundreds of kilometres off course before crashing on the opposite shore of the Caspian Sea.'The circumstances of the incident are being clarified and special investigation will be conducted, according to the Ministry of Transport, which reported on Wednesday, the plane flying from Baku to Grozny requested an emergency landing in Aktau appeared at 11:20 local time. According to the press service of the Grozny airport, the reason for the change of the route was the thick fog. The plane was first redirected to Makhachkala, the capital city of Dagestan, and then to Aktau.' The president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, confirmed that the plane changed its course due to bad weather conditions, but says that the cause of the crash is still unknown. 'The reasons for the crash are not yet known to us. There are various theories, but I believe it is premature to discuss them. The matter must be thoroughly investigate
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