In a tragic incident, an Azerbaijan Airlines plane with 67 people onboard crashed near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, multiple media reports confirmed. The plane, an Embraer 190 aircraft, was en route from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to Grozny in the restive Russian province of Chechnya when it reportedly made an emergency landing approximately three kilometers from Aktau.
The plane was engulfed in flames after crashing, with dramatic images of the explosion seen as the aircraft landed on the ground. Fire services were quick to respond, managing to extinguish the flames, but there has been no immediate confirmation regarding the fate of the passengers and crew onboard.
The Azerbaijan Airlines official social media account reported the incident, stating that the flight number was J2-8243, though they did not provide further details at the time of publishing. The cause of the crash remains unclear, and authorities have not yet provided a definitive explanation.
According to the BBC, Kazakhstan?s Emergencies Ministry confirmed the crash, and investigations are underway to determine the cause. Russian news agencies, including TASS and Interfax, reported that the ministry was working on an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the disaster.
