Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane on way to Russia crashes near Kazakhstan’s Aktau | Read

Kazakhstan: Six passengers survived while dozens were feared dead after a plane carrying over 105 people crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, reports said on Wednesday, citing Kazakhstan’s Emergencies Ministry. The plane reportedly crashed near the Aktau airport.

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane was en route from Baku to Grozny in Russia’s Chechnya but was rerouted due to fog in Grozny, Russian news agencies said.

Purported visuals, claimed to be of the crash, surfaced on social media, showing an aircraft crashing to the ground and turning into a fireball.

Some reports said the Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243 was carrying 105 passengers and five crew members, however, there was no immediate comment from Azerbaijan Airlines on the crash.