Azerbaijan Airlines Plane Crashes in Kazakhstan, 12 Survive

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Azerbaijan Airlines Plane Crashes in Kazakhstan, 12 Survive
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A passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines crashed in Kazakhstan on December 25, 2024, killing a significant number of passengers and crew. However, 12 individuals survived the accident. The aircraft was en route from Baku to Grozny when it was forced to make an emergency landing near Aktau.

A drone view shows the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan December 25, 2024. Kazakh authorities announced Wednesday, December 25, that an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashed in Kazakhstan , with 67 passengers and five crew members on board. 12 people survived. Unverified video of the crash showed the plane bursting into flames as it hit the ground and thick black smoke then rising.

The Central Asian country’s emergencies ministry said in a statement that fire services had put out the blaze and that survivors were being treated at a nearby hospital. Azerbaijan Airlines said the Embraer 190 aircraft, with flight number J2-8243, had been flying from Baku to Grozny, the capital of Russia’s Chechnya, but had been forced to make an emergency landing approximately 3 km (1.8 miles) from the Kazakh city of Aktau.Authorities in Kazakhstan said they had begun looking into different possible versions of what had happened, including a technical problem, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported

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