A passenger aircraft with 67 individuals on board crashes in Kazakhstan | International | EUROtoday

An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger aircraft with 67 individuals on board crashed this Wednesday close to town of Aktau, in Kazakhstan, close to the coast of the Caspian Sea, as reported by the Kazakh Ministry of Emergencies. The broken aircraft, an Embraer 190, had taken off from Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, and was heading to the Russian metropolis of Grozny, within the Chechnya area, within the south of the nation. Kazakh authorities have indicated that there are round twenty survivors who’ve been transferred to hospitals.

In a press release, the Kazakh Ministry provides {that a} hearth broke out on the scene of the accident. Unverified movies posted on social media present a aircraft descending sharply and bursting into flames because it falls onto a transparent space.

The Kazakh Ministry of Emergencies has specified {that a} whole of 67 individuals had been touring on the aircraft, 62 passengers and 5 crew members. Previously, the determine of 72 occupants had been given. Likewise, it has reported that, in accordance with preliminary knowledge, a complete of 25 individuals have survived the accident and have been transferred to hospitals. According to the Russian company Interfax, many of the passengers are Azerbaijanis.

Russian businesses report that the aircraft was headed to Grozny, capital of the Chechen Republic, however had been diverted to a different vacation spot attributable to thick fog within the metropolis. The EFE company studies that the aircraft despatched a misery sign round 8:35 native time (4:35 in mainland Spain) attributable to “a failure in the control system.” After requesting an emergency touchdown in Aktau, the aircraft crashed round 9:30 a.m. (5:30 a.m. in Spain). The airline is contemplating the speculation that the system might have collided with a flock of birds.