An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, resulting in at least 32 survivors and over 30 fatalities. The Embraer 190 aircraft was en route from Baku to Grozny when it experienced an emergency situation, reportedly due to a bird strike, forcing the pilot to divert to Aktau. The plane crashed 3 km from the city, with footage circulating online showing a steep descent and a fiery impact.
An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday in the Kazakhstan i city of Aktau , leaving at least 32 survivors, according to officials. More than 30 people are likely dead.
The Embraer 190 aircraft made an emergency landing 3 km from the city, Azerbaijan Airlines said earlier. RIA Novosti quoted Russia’s civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, as saying that preliminary information showed that the pilot had chosen to divert to Aktau after a bird strike on the aircraft led to “an emergency situation on board”.
Flight-tracking data from FlightRadar24.com showed the aircraft making what appeared to be a figure-right once nearing the airport in Aktau, its altitude moving up and down substantially over the last minutes of the flight before impacting the ground. Azerbaijan’s state news agency, Azertac, said that an official delegation consisting of Azerbaijan’s emergency situations minister, the country’s deputy general prosecutor, and the vice president of Azerbaijan Airlines had been dispatched to Aktau to conduct an “on-site investigation”.
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