Rescuers continue to work at the site of the plane crash in Kazakhstan

Search and rescue operations at the site of the plane crash in Kazakhstan continue. Images from the site on December 25 published "Izvestia".

Operational services are also working at the scene.

"From the impact of the airplane's tail part was torn off, it was there that the first survivors were found. Someone was even able to independently get out from under the wreckage," - noted journalist Dinara Bekbolaeva.

Tragedy in Aktau: Baku-Grozny passenger plane crashed

A fire started at the scene and there are survivors

Earlier in the day, the founder of RunAvia flight safety service Andrei Patrakov told Izvestia that the separation of the tail section of the plane in Aktau was a possible reason for saving the lives of many passengers. According to him, thanks to the pilots' actions, a strong explosion was avoided, which could have resulted in more casualties.

A passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines, heading on the route Baku - Grozny, crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25. After the crash the plane caught fire, the fire was extinguished. Preliminarily, the cause of the plane crash could have been 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".

Later, Azerbaijan Airlines published a list of passengers of the crashed airplane near Aktau. 62 people were listed in the list. It is known that 32 people survived the crash. 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.