Emergency crews at scene of Kazakhstan plane crash The Russian government has cautioned against promoting “hypotheses” about the cause of the crash of a Russia-bound passenger plane that killed 38 people in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. Footage of the wrecked fuselage appeared to indicate shrapnel damage and some aviation experts suggested the Azerbaijani Airlines plane may…
Dozens of passengers are feared dead after an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, reports say. The Embraer 190 passenger jet flying from Azerbaijan to Russia had 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying 32 survivors had been rescued. Flight J2-8243 had flown hundreds…
A Russia’s Grozny-bound plane with 62 passengers and five crew members on board crashed near Kazakhstan’s Aktau airport on Wednesday. The Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 deviated significantly from its planned route and crashed on the opposite side of the Caspian Sea. Russia’s aviation authority suggested that a bird strike might have caused the emergency situation,…
