Rescue efforts are underway at the site of a plane crash near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. The transport ministry says a total of 67 passengers and crew were on board the Azerbaijan Airlines flight. The number of reported survivors continues to vary.
A video verified by AP news agency appears to show the moment the plane crashed. It was en route from Azerbaijan’s capital Baku to the Russian city of Grozny.
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00:00 Survivors reported after plane crash in Kazakhstan
00:53 Bakhyt Toptayeva, 24KZ Correspondent in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana
03:40 Stephen Wright, Aviation Expert at the Technological University of Dublin
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