In Baku, They Said Goodbye To Dead Members Of Crew Of Azal Aircraft Crawling Under Actu

In the capital of Azerbaijan, the city of Baku on Sunday, on December 29, they said goodbye to the members of the victim’s crew under the Aktau passenger aircraft Embraer 190 Azerbaijan Airlines (Azal).

The ceremony was held at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport with the participation of the relatives of the dead, officials and representatives of the public, the Azerbaijani State Media reports.

Three dead crew members – ship commander Igor Kshnyakin, pilot Alexander Kalyaninov and flight attendant Hokum Aliyev will be buried in the II Honorary Burial Alley.

The crash of the Azal

In the morning, December 25, the Embraer aircraft 190 J2-824 number gave a emergency signal, being above the Caspian Sea. Information about this was received at 11.00 in the regional emergency. Later it became known about the emergency landing of the aircraft 3 kilometers from the city of Aktau.

It is noted that there were 62 passengers and 5 crew members on board the aircraft. When the aircraft crash Azerbaijan Airlines, 29 people survived.

As a result of the Azerbaijan Airlines, 38 people were disaster, 38 people were killed, said Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Kanat Bozumbaev, who heads the government commission to investigate the tragedy. The Deputy Prime Minister also noted that many are very burned and the identification procedure will be required.

He said that law enforcement agencies of the republic will investigate the aircraft of AZAL aircraft in Kazakhstan. “Astana is ready to cooperate with colleagues from other countries,” Bozumbaev added.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telephone with a colleague from Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, apologized due to the fact that the “tragic incident” with Azal passenger aircraft occurred in the Russian airspace.