Scores killed in Kazakhstan plane crash
A tragic plane crash involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet claimed dozens of lives on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan.
The Embraer 190 aircraft, carrying 67 people, veered off its scheduled route and went down near Aktau, an oil and gas hub on the Caspian Sea’s eastern shore.
Kazakh authorities confirmed 28 survivors, including two children, who were hospitalized following the crash. Emergency responders at the scene reported extinguishing a fire that broke out upon impact.
The flight, travelling from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Russia, made an emergency landing approximately three kilometres from Aktau.
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