Kazakhstan Plane Crash: A passenger plane going from Kazakhstan to Russia crashed on Wednesday (25 December) near the airport in Aktau city of the country. This information was given by Kazakhstan Emergency Ministry. A big revelation has been made regarding the reasons for this accident.
An oxygen tank exploded inside an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed in western Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Kazakhstani media outlets reported. There were 67 people on board the plane. He also said that the passengers had started fainting before the plane crashed.
The accident happened on the coast of Caspian Sea
According to a Reuters report, Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 flew hundreds of miles off its scheduled route and crashed on the opposite coast of the Caspian Sea. Regarding this, Russia’s aviation regulator had said that this accident occurred due to bird collision. Kazakhstan officials said the plane had deviated from its planned route near the city of Aktau. 32 people have survived this accident.
38 people died
Azerbaijan Airlines said that there were 67 people on board the plane. There were 62 passengers and five crew members. Kazakhstan media quoted the country’s Deputy Prime Minister as saying that 38 people have died in this accident. “A plane operating on the Baku-Grozny route crashed near the city of Aktau. It is an Azerbaijan Airlines plane,” the Kazakhstan Transport Ministry said on Telegram.
Azerbaijan President left his trip to Russia midway
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has left his trip to Russia midway. Here he was to participate in an informal summit of leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a group of former Soviet nations. He has declared national mourning on Thursday (26 December).
