Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash toll 38
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An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed in western Kazakhstan on Wednesday after traveling far off course killed 38 of the 67 people on board, officials said.
The Embraer 190 jet that was supposed to fly northwest from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to the city of Grozny in Chechnya in southern Russia, but instead flew across the Caspian Sea and went down near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan.
The plane鈥檚 course on the Flight Radar website showed it flying away from its normal route, crossing the Caspian Sea and then circling over the area where it eventually crashed near Aktau, which is an oil and gas hub on the eastern shore of the sea.
鈥淭he situation is not very good, 38 dead,鈥 Russia鈥檚 Interfax news agency quoted Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev as saying.
The Kazakh emergency situations ministry reported that 鈥29 survivors including three children have been hospitalized.鈥
Azerbaijan Airlines reported that 67 people were on board 鈥 62 passengers and five crew members.
The Kazakh transport ministry said the plane was carrying 37 nationals from Azerbaijan, six from Kazakhstan, three from Kyrgyzstan and 16 from Russia.
Kazakhstan said it had opened an investigation into the cause of the crash, which was not immediately clear.
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