An 11-year-old Russian girl is in serious condition after a plane crash in Aktau

Russian citizenship was confirmed in an 11-year-old girl and her mother, hospitalized after the plane crash near Aktau. This was reported on December 25 by the Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova.

"The condition of the girl is serious, but stable. The condition of the mom doctors assess as extremely serious. We have contacted the father and relatives - we will definitely help if necessary," she wrote in her Telegram channel.

Lvova-Belova also pointed out that she has been in touch with Dinara Zakieva, the Children's Rights Commissioner in Kazakhstan, all day.

Tragedy in Aktau: Baku-Grozny passenger plane crashed

A fire started at the scene and there are survivors

A passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), which was en route Baku - Grozny, crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25. After the crash the plane caught fire, the fire was extinguished. Preliminary, the cause of the fall of the airplane could be a collision with a flock of birds. After the crash, a criminal case was initiated.

Later, Azerbaijan Airlines published a list of passengers of the crashed airplane near Aktau, it includes 62 people. According to the latest data, seven Russians died, nine survived and were hospitalized. A special Russian Emergencies Ministry flight carrying doctors arrived in Kazakhstan's Aktau to evacuate the injured Russians to Moscow. Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said that 38 people were killed in the airplane crash.

Search and rescue operations continue at the site of the tragedy. Azerbaijan Airlines has suspended flights from Baku to Grozny and Makhachkala until the investigation is completed. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev declared December 26 a day of mourning in the republic for the victims of the plane crash.