Bodies of victims of plane crash in Kazakhstan will be delivered to Azerbaijan

As a result of the plane crash near Aktau killed an 11-year-old child, a citizen of Kazakhstan. This became known on Wednesday, December 25, from the list of dead citizens published by the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic.

In total there are six people on the list. Five of them - adults, one dead - a boy born in 2013. His mother, born in 1975, died with him.

Also, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan said that the bodies of citizens killed in the plane crash will soon be delivered to Baku.

"The bodies of passengers and crew members killed in the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines airplane near Aktau (Kazakhstan) will soon be delivered to Azerbaijan," the Emergencies Ministry and the airline said in a joint statement.

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), 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. 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.

The passenger list of AZAL includes 62 passengers and five crew members. According to the latest data, seven Russians died, nine survived and were hospitalized. A special airplane of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation will deliver to Moscow the citizens of the Russian Federation, injured in the crash, on the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In turn, Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Kanat Bozumbayev came to the victims of the plane crash. He also reported that as a result of the airplane crash killed 38 people.

At the site of the tragedy continue search and rescue work. AZAL 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.