Azerbaijan airliner crashes in Kazakhstan, survivors reported
A passenger plane has crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, foreign media report. Kazakh authorities state that there are passengers who survived the crash.
A plane doing the Baku-Grozny route crashed near the city of Aktau. It belongs to Azerbaijan Airlines - said the Kazakhstan Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Plane crash in Kazakhstan. Authorities on the survivors
The plane that crashed was an Embraer E190. Azerbaijan Airlines reported that there were a total of 72 passengers on board. The number of fatalities is not yet known.
According to Kazakh authorities, some people survived the crash. Reports suggest that six people might have survived.
Reuters reported that the plane was headed to Grozny but changed course due to fog in the capital of Chechnya.
Recordings from the scene have appeared online, showing the moment the plane hit the ground.
