According to the latest data, with the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines aircraft, which followed Baku-Grozny and the crashed near the Kazakhstan city of Aktau, 32 people who are treated. This was stated at a briefing by the senior prosecutor of the press service of the Prosecutor General of the Azerbaijan Republic Kanan Zeynalov.
“According to the latest data, 32 people on the plane are alive, their treatment is carried out,” he said.
Earlier, the health department of the Mangistau region shared a list that refers to 29 victims of the crash of an airplane near Aktau, who were delivered for treatment to the region’s hospitals.
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.
Previously, the Commissioner for the Rights of Children, Dinar Zakieva, on her page reported two injured children as a result of the crash of the aircraft. These are girls 11 and 16 years old, ”she said.
The preliminary reason for the crash of the aircraft at the Azerbaijan Airlines, a collision with a flock of birds was called.
Meanwhile, the President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokaev instructed to create a commission to investigate the crash of the aircraft, it will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Bozumbaev. The President ordered to send doctors from Astana to Aktau and provide the victims of all the necessary support. The commission includes Deputy Prime Minister, akim of the Mangistau region, the leadership of ministries for emergency situations, transport, foreign affairs, internal affairs, labor and social protection of the population, healthcare, chief transport prosecutor.
In addition, representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Transport Police and the Prosecutor’s Office left for the scene. The establishment of reasons continues, a pre -trial investigation has begun under Art. 344 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (“Violation of safety rules during the operation of the vehicle, which entailed by negligence of the death of two or more persons”).