The plane crash near Aktau has resulted in 38 confirmed fatalities, according to Marat Karabayev, Minister of Transportation of Kazakhstan.
“There were 67 people onboard – 62 passengers and 5 crew members. Unfortunately, 38 people died, and 29 survived,” Karabayev stated during a briefing in Aktau.
Among the victims, 23 of the 37 Azerbaijani citizens onboard died, and 14 survived. All 3 passengers from Kyrgyzstan survived. Of the 16 Russian citizens, 7 died, and 9 survived. All 6 Kazakh citizens on the plane died.
The aircraft crew consisted of 5 members: 2 died, and 3 survived.
The Azerbaijan Airlines plane was operating a flight en route from Baku to Grozny when it crashed on Wednesday morning near Aktau.
Elshan Rustamov
Special correspondent
