An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane, which took off from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and was heading to the Russian city of Grozny, crashed in Kazakh airspace for unknown reasons.
CHANGED ROUTE DUE TO FOG
Russian news agencies stated that the plane, which was en route to Grozny, changed its course due to fog in Grozny.
Azerbaijan Airlines announced that the Embraer 190 aircraft, flight number J2-8243, was flying from Baku to Grozny, the capital of Russia's Chechen region, but was forced to make an emergency landing approximately 3 km from the Kazakh city of Aktau.
FLIGHT MOMENT TRACKED VIA FLIGHTRADAR
The moment of the plane's crash was captured on the FlightRadar24 website. The images show the plane circling a few times near Aktau airport before losing its signal.
25 PEOPLE SURVIVED THE CRASH
Kazakh authorities stated that there were 72 people on board the crashed plane, including 5 flight crew members, and that 25 passengers are still alive.
News Source : 12punto
