Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan, dozens feared dead

25 Dec 2024, 14:58 by Ben Hooper · UPI

Dec. 25 (UPI) -- An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger flight from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed in Kazakhstan while attempting to make an emergency landing, with dozens feared dead.

The plane had been carrying 67 people, 62 of them passengers, from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Chechnya, when it crashed Wednesday morning near Aktau, Kazakhstan.