Doctors from Astana called to Aktau to help those injured in airliner crash

Medics from Astana were summoned to Aktau hospital to provide assistance to the victims of the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines airplane. This was reported by Izvestiya correspondent on December 25.

All the victims were placed in the local hospital. At the moment, several teams of traumatologists and surgeons are on their way from Astana.

At the airport of Grozny, where the airliner was headed, EMERCOM employees and psychologists are working with the loved ones of the injured and dead. Many still do not know about the fate of their relatives who were on board the plane.

Earlier in the day, a passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), heading on the route Baku - Grozny, crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau. After the crash the plane caught fire, the fire was extinguished. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that the causes of the crash are unknown, there are different versions, it is too early to talk about them. 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. There was a version that the separation of the tail part of the plane in Aktau was a possible reason for saving the lives of many passengers.

The Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan reported that the plane was carrying 16 Russians. The Russian Embassy in the Republic reported that 10 of them survived and were hospitalized. At the moment, search and rescue operations continue at the scene. The Russian Emergencies Ministry has opened a hotline.