News about Almaty

Сrashed plane сrew warned of bad weather twice The crew of the Challenger-200 airplane that crashed near Almaty was warned about bad weather conditions twice before they took-off from Kokshetau airport.

31 January 2013

Families of plane crash victims to receive 4 million tenge each Kazakhstan government and Scat airline will render financial support to the families of the victims of the plane crash near Almaty.

30 January 2013

4.2-magnitude quake strikes 100km from Almaty The shocks were 15km deep. They were registered at 12:23 p.m. Astana time.

30 January 2013

2nd pilot who should have been on crashed plane comments on possible causes A 25-y.o. citizen of Karaganda told that her father was supposed to be on that fatal Kokshetau-Almaty flight as the second pilot, but was switched to another flight in the last moment.

30 January 2013

Putin sends condolences to families of victims of plane crash near Almaty Russia’s President has expressed condolences to Kazakhstan President over the plane crash near Almaty that claimed lives of 21 people.

30 January 2013

EU expresses condolences to Kazakhstan over plane crash near Almaty Heads of the European Parliament, European Council and European Commission expressed condolences to Kazakhstan and the families of the victims of the plane crash.

30 January 2013

Three Almaty residents were among passengers of crashed Scat's plane There were 3 Almaty residents, 11 residents of Akmola oblast and 2 residents of Petropavlovsk and Bishkek onboard the CRJ-200 airplane that crashed near Almaty.

30 January 2013

Board recorder of CRJ-200 to be decoded in 15 days The blackbox was discovered at the site of the plane crash near Almaty. It will be sent to the Interstate Aviation Commission in Moscow for decoding.

30 January 2013

Main version of plane crash near Almaty announced Bad weather was named the main version of the cause of the plane crash near Kyzylotu village of near Almaty airport.

30 January 2013

No Azerbaijan citizens among victims of plane crash near Almaty Azerbaijan embassy in Kazakhstan denies that there was a citizen of Azerbaijan among the victims of the plane crash near Almaty.

30 January 2013

Kyrgyzstan citizen was among victims of plane crash near Almaty Earlier еру media reported that one of the victims, Akram Nizamov, was a citizen of Azerbaijan. However, this information has been refuted.

30 January 2013

Witness told about plane crash near Almaty A young man from Kazakhstan named Daniyar claims he was the first person to arrive at the site of the CRJ-200 plane crash near Almaty.

30 January 2013

Nazarbayev declared national mourning on January 31 Kazakhstan will mourn the victims of the plane crash near Almaty on January 31.

30 January 2013

Bodies of plane crash victims to be delivered to Kalkaman morgue Initially Almaty administration prepared 50 spots in the city morgue, as the exact number of the victims was unclear.

29 January 2013

4-magnitude quake hit 28km from Almaty The shocks were registered at 04:03 p.m. Astana time. The epicenter was at the depth of 2km.

29 January 2013

Nazarbayev expressed condolences over Scat's plane crash near Almaty Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed condolences to the families of the victims of the passenger plane crash near Almaty.

29 January 2013

SCAT's Bombardier business jet crashed near Almaty killing 21, including 1 foreigner A SCAT-owned Bombardier with 20 people onboard crashed on the approach to Almaty airport near Kyzyltu village 7km from the runway strip at 01:30 p.m.

29 January 2013

Over $2 million allocated for floods protection in Almaty oblast Over 300 million tenge ($2 million) have been set aside for prevention of emergency situations in Almaty oblast.

29 January 2013

Plane crashed near Almaty A civil plane has crashed on the approach to Almaty airport in the area of Kyzyltu village near Almaty.

29 January 2013

No casualties or destruction after quake in Almaty oblast: officials No casualties or destruction have been reported in Almaty and Almaty oblast after the recent earthquake.

29 January 2013

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