Сauses of plane crash near Aktau will be announced in the coming days

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Tengrinews.kz - Minister of Transport Marat Karabayev made a statement regarding the investigation into the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines aircraft near Aktau.

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Tengrinews.kz - Minister of Transport Marat Karabayev made a statement regarding the investigation into the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines aircraft near Aktau.

"Specialists are working diligently. We have already mentioned that international experts from the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Russian Federation, Brazil, and ICAO have been involved. We expect that the preliminary report will be officially published on our website in the coming days. Specialists need time to complete their work. This is a very delicate and painstaking task," Karabaev said at a briefing in the government.

Baku-Grozny plane crash near Aktau: What happened?

Azerbaijan Airlines plane, flying from Baku (Azerbaijan) to Grozny (Russia), crashed three kilometers from Aktau at 11:30 A.M. local time on December 25. The passenger flight was unable to land in Grozny due to heavy fog, first, it was redirected to Makhachkala, and then to Aktau.

The official cause of the incident is still unknown. The media are spreading various theories, including a bird getting into the plane's engine, as well as an oxygen tank exploding in the cabin. The black box was found in the evening of the same day, now experts will have to decipher its data.

Investigation

An interdepartmental investigative task force has been created under the leadership of the Prosecutor General's Office of Kazakhstan. It includes specialists from the transport prosecutor's office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The investigation is under the special control of the Prosecutor General and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Embraer specialists have flown to Kazakhstan.

How many people were on board?

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, there were 69 people on board, including 5 crew members:

⁠42 citizens of Azerbaijan;
16 citizens of Russia;
6 citizens of Kazakhstan;
3 citizens of Kyrgyzstan;
two unidentified women of unknown citizenship, one about 32 years old, the other about 40 years old.

Azerbaijan Airlines also published a full list of passengers.

What is known about the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed near Aktau?

The aircraft that crashed near Aktau was an Embraer ERJ-190, a twin-engine jet widely used for short and medium-haul flights. The aircraft are manufactured by a Brazilian company. The ERJ-190 (E190) is designed to carry between 96 and 114 passengers, depending on the cabin configuration. These aircraft can fly up to 4500 kilometers.

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