The number of survivors of the plane crash in Kazakhstan has risen to 32 people

32 people survived in the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) airplane, flying from Baku to Grozny and fell near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. This was announced by representative of the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office Kyanan Zeynalov at a briefing on December 25.

"According to the latest data, 32 people in the airplane are alive, their treatment is being carried out," Zeynalov said, his words are quoted by Azerbaijan's Azeri-Press Agency(APA).

The representative of the Prosecutor General's Office pointed out that this number is inconclusive.

Tragedy in Aktau: Baku-Grozny passenger plane crashed

A fire started at the scene and there are survivors

A passenger airplane of Azerbaijan Airlines, heading on the Baku-Grozny route, crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau earlier in the day. After the crash the plane caught fire, the fire was extinguished. Preliminary, the cause of the fall of the plane could be a collision with a flock of birds. After the crash, a criminal case was opened under the article "Violation of safety rules in the operation of vehicles, resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence".

December 25, Azerbaijan Airlines published a list of passengers of the plane crashed near Aktau. It lists 62 people. The Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) told Izvestia that there were no organized groups of Russian tourists on board the crashed Azerbaijan Airlines aircraft. The Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan reported that 16 Russians were on the plane. The Russian Embassy in the Republic reported that 10 of them survived and were hospitalized.