Bodies of plane crash victims to be soon airlifted to Azerbaijan
The bodies of passengers and crew members killed in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on December 25 will be soon airlifted to Azerbaijan, the joint statement of the Emergencies Ministry of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan Airlines company reads, Kazinform News Agency reports.
A special plane will also airlift those injured if doctors confirm they fit to board the plane.
To this end, the competent state bodies of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are taking all necessary measures.
As earlier reported, the Azerbaijan Airlines plane, which was operating a flight en route Baku-Grozny, crashed Wednesday morning near Kazakhstan's Aktau city.
67 persons were onboard of the plane, including 62 passengers and five crew members. Unfortunately, 38 people died, 29 survived, said Kazakh Transport Minister Marat Karabayev during a briefing in Aktau.
Among the passengers were 37 citizens of Azerbaijan, of whom 23 died and 14 survived. All three Kyrgyzstani nationals survived. There were 16 Russian nationals, of whom seven died and nine survived. All six Kazakhstani nationals died.
Three crew members out of five survived.
The government commission headed by Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Kanat Bozumbayev began its work at the crash site of the plane.
As was reported, Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov reported to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the current situation related to the passenger plane crash near Aktau.
Upon Kazakh President Tokayev’s instruction, an ambulance aircraft left Astana headed to Aktau.
It was reported that President Tokayev tasked to set up a state commission in connection with the plane crash.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev cut short his trip to Russia due to the plane crash.
Earlier, Kazinform News Agency presented the preliminary list of passengers onboard the crashed plane.
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev expressed his condolences to Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev following the incident.
It was previously informed Kazakh Emergency Situations Minister Chingis Arinov arrived in Aktau.
