Kazakh Ministry clarifies statement on oxygen tank explosion inside crashed Azerbaijan Airlines plane

The Kazakh Transport Ministry provided clarifications regarding the statement on an oxygen tank explosion inside the AZAL plane, crashed near Kazakh city Aktau on December 25, Kazinform News Agency reports.

The information on an oxygen tank explosion inside the AZAL plane came from the Rostov flight director at 10:53am. So, the Rostov flight director provided additional information to the Aktau tower flight director that an oxygen tank had exploded in the passenger cabin of the plane, causing passengers to lose consciousness, and requested for resuscitation upon arrival, informed the ministry.

All rescue services were informed promptly based on this information.

During the briefing, the chronology of events based on the reports of the Rostov flight director was revealed, reads the Telegram-channel of the Kazakh transport ministry.

The Baku-Grozny flight J2-8243 operated by Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) crashed near Aktau on December 25. 67 people including five crew members were onboard the plane. The accident killed 38 people, and 29 survived.

The chronology of the tragedy is available here.

Earlier it was reported that Brazil's Embraer representatives arrived in Aktau.