The number of people hospitalized after the crash of the Baku —Grozny plane in Aktau has increased to 27, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan reported.
Earlier it was reported about 14 survivors.
The Investigative Committee of Kazakhstan opened a criminal case.
As EADaily reported, a passenger plane flying from Aktau, Kazakhstan, crashed Baku in Terrible. The liner belongs to Azerbaijan Airlines. A.A. Kadyrov Grozny (Severny) International Airport reported that the flight from the capital of Chechnya was redirected to Makhachkala due to fog, and from there it flew to Aktau.
There were 37 Azerbaijanis, 6 Kazakhstanis, 3 citizens of Kyrgyzstan, 16 citizens of the Russian Federation on board the plane, the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan specified.