In this photo taken from a video released by the administration of Mangystau region, the wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lies on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, Dec. 25, 2024.
ASTANA —
Kazakhstan officials say 38 people have died after an Azerbaijani airliner crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstan city of Aktau.
Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbaev disclosed the death toll while meeting with Azerbaijani officials, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.
Azerbaijan’s prosecutor general’s office said previously that 32 of the 67 people on board the plane had survived.
The plane crashed while enroute from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus.
By：VOA
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