A passenger plane crashed in Kazakhstan: Ministry of Emergencies | News

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The passenger plane crashed near the city of Aktau.

A passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan.

According to local health officials, 14 people survived the accident and were hospitalized.

“Currently, 14 survivors have been taken to the regional hospital, including five in intensive care,” the regional office of the Ministry of Health said. The Ministry of Emergency Situations said that the fire was extinguished

Azerbaijan Airlines JSC said the Embraer 190, flight number J2-8243, was flying from Baku to Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, Russia, but had to make an emergency landing about 3 km (1.8 miles) short of Kazakhstan. Aktau.

Russian news agencies reported that the route of the plane was changed due to fog in Grozny.

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