A passenger plane crashed in Kazakhstan. Of the 67 people on board, 25 survived, including many injured.
It was a tragedy that occurred this Wednesday, December 25, in the west of Kazakhstan. An Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed, killing at least 42 people, according to the latest report. There were 62 passengers and five crew members, according to a statement from the Kazakh Transport Ministry. The plane was to connect Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, and Grozny, the capital of the Russian Caucasian republic of Chechnya. It ultimately crashed near the town of Aktau in western Kazakhstan, according to the Kazakh Emergency Situations Ministry.
“According to initial information, there are 25 survivors, of which 22 were hospitalized,” continues the ministry in a press release published on Telegram, specifying that 150 rescuers were dispatched to the scene, reports France 24.
An emergency landing
But what are the circumstances that led to such a tragedy? Indeed, the plane is known to be the safest means of transport, and accidents as serious as this one are rare. At the moment, there is nothing to determine the causes of the crash. Azerbaijan Airlines specifies on X that it was an Embraer 190 plane which “made an emergency landing”.