The reasons for the crash of the azerbaijan airlines (azal) are unknown, there are different versions, to talk about them early.
About this on Wednesday, December 25, the president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev stated at a meeting held in connection with a plane crash.
“There are moments of a plane crash in the media and social networks. Therefore, everyone can see this. However, we are not known for the reasons for the crash. There are different versions. I think it’s too early to talk about it. The question should be completely investigated,” the head of state quoted the head of state Azerbaijani State Media.
Aliyev also noted that, according to the information provided to him, the Azal aircraft due to the deterioration of weather conditions changed the direction of the flight towards Aktau Airport, the tragedy occurred during landing.
– the crash of the azal aircraft
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.
According to Kazinform with reference to the Ministry of Emergencies of the Republic, 52 personnel and 11 units of equipment immediately arrived in Aktau at the place of crash of the aircraft. Upon arrival, burning aircraft was discovered. In total, 1150 personnel were involved, 45 units of equipment.
It is noted that there were 62 passengers and 5 crew members on board the aircraft. Azerbaijan Airlines has published a list of passengers of the J2-8243 Baku-Groze flight. It included 62 people. In turn, the Ministry of Emergencies of the republic reported that 69 people were on board the aircraft, of which 5 are the crew.
The Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan reported that according to preliminary data, 37 citizens of Azerbaijan, 6 Kazakhstan, 3 Kyrgyzstan, 16 of the Russian Federation were aboard.
According to the latest data, with the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines aircraft, 32 people who are under treatment survived.