⚡️BREAKING
🇦🇿🇰🇿 In Aktau, western #Kazakhstan, an #Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 passenger plane crashed during an emergency landing, flying flight J2 8243 from Baku to Grozny
▪️Due to fog in Grozny, the plane was rerouted to Makhachkala, and then to Aktau.
❗️According to preliminary data, there were 67 passengers and five crew members on board.
12 people survived, they were taken to hospital in serious condition

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Versions of the plane crash
✈️🇦🇿🇰🇿 According to Rosaviatsia, the plane collided with birds in the air, after which the commander decided to land at an alternate airfield in Aktau
The Orda publication reported a "cylinder exploded" on board the plane.
AZAL called the incident an "emergency landing"

🇷🇺🇦🇿🇰🇿🇰🇬 There were 67 people on board, including five crew members.
Among them were 16 citizens of #Russia, 37 of #Azerbaijan, six of #Kazakhstan and 3 citizens of #Kyrgyzstan

All pilots died

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✈️🇦🇿🇰🇿 Numerous shrapnel holes were found in the tail section of the Embraer-190 that crashed in Aktau, damaging the control surfaces

📌The control surface failed while approaching the alternate airfield in Aktau, approximately 40 minutes after the crew reported the problems, writes the specialized resource Fighterbomber

▪️Flightradar data indicates loss of control of the aircraft without loss of thrust

❗️🇦🇿🇰🇿🇧🇷 According to ICAO rules, an investigation should be ordered with the participation of #Azerbaijan (the owner of the aircraft), #Kazakhstan (the crash site) and #Brazil (the manufacturer of the aircraft) — writes BSSI
❌🇷🇺 WITHOUT #Russia, since it is formally not involved yet

UPD:
Black boxes found
Three of the five crew members survived, the head of the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan reported

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