A plane crash in Kazakhstan has left dozens dead, but 25 survived, officials say


An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane carrying dozens of passengers crashed in western Kazakhstan on Wednesday, the Kazakh Ministry of Transport said. It was flying from Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, to Grozny, the capital of Chechnya in Russia, when it crashed near the city of Aktau, the ministry said.

Kazakhstan’s emergency ministry said there were 62 passengers and five crew members on board, and that 25 people survived. Twenty-two were hospitalized, the ministry announced.

Azerbaijan Airlines, the country’s national carrier, said the Embraer 190 made an “emergency landing” about three miles from Aktau, an oil and gas hub on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea.

A passenger plane crashed in Kazakhstan
The map shows the site of the plane crash in Kazakhstan on December 25, 2024.

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Crews extinguished the fire at that location, the Ministry of Emergency Situations announced.

A drone view shows the crash site of a passenger plane near Aktau
A drone view shows the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan on December 25, 2024.

Azamat Sarsenbajev / REUTERS




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