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IN PHOTOS: Passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan

Updated On: 25 December, 2024 09:29 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan, with atleast 35 people feared dead, officials said. Pics/AFP

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An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan, with atleast 35 people feared dead, officials said. Pics/AFP

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An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan, with atleast 35 people feared dead, officials said. Pics/AFP
<p>Azerbaijani authorities said 32 people had survived the crash of the Embraer 190 near the city of Aktau, an oil and gas hub on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea</p>

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Azerbaijani authorities said 32 people had survived the crash of the Embraer 190 near the city of Aktau, an oil and gas hub on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea

<p>With Azerbaijan Airlines reported that 67 people were on board -- 62 passengers and five crew members -- it is feared that 35 may have perished in the crash</p>

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With Azerbaijan Airlines reported that 67 people were on board -- 62 passengers and five crew members -- it is feared that 35 may have perished in the crash

<p>The plane was flying from the Azerbaijani capital Baku on the western shore of the Caspian to the city of Grozny in Chechnya in southern Russia</p>

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The plane was flying from the Azerbaijani capital Baku on the western shore of the Caspian to the city of Grozny in Chechnya in southern Russia

<p>"A plane doing the Baku-Grozny route crashed near the city of Aktau. It belongs to Azerbaijan Airlines," the Kazakh transport ministry said on Telegram</p>

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"A plane doing the Baku-Grozny route crashed near the city of Aktau. It belongs to Azerbaijan Airlines," the Kazakh transport ministry said on Telegram

<p>Azerbaijan Airlines, the country`s flag carrier, said the plane "made an emergency landing" around three kilometres (1.9 miles) from Aktau</p>

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Azerbaijan Airlines, the country`s flag carrier, said the plane "made an emergency landing" around three kilometres (1.9 miles) from Aktau

<p>Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev declared Thursday a day of national mourning and cancelled a planned visit to Russia for an informal summit of leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a grouping of former Soviet nations</p>

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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev declared Thursday a day of national mourning and cancelled a planned visit to Russia for an informal summit of leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a grouping of former Soviet nations

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