The General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan, together with their Kazakh colleagues, is investigating the crash of a plane belonging to Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC near Aktau.
This was stated at a meeting of the State Commission to investigate the causes of the plane crash held today, chaired by Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov, Day.Az reports.
It was noted that the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan, together with their Kazakh colleagues, is studying the causes of the incident and conducting an investigation into the criminal case. An instruction was given to regularly inform the public about the progress of the investigation.
Let us remind you that today an Embraer 190 passenger plane flying on the Baku-Grozny route crashed 3 km from Aktau airport. The Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan reported that there were 37 Azerbaijani citizens on board the plane that crashed in the city of Aktau.
According to preliminary data, there were 37 citizens of Azerbaijan, 6 citizens of Kazakhstan, 3 citizens of Kyrgyzstan, and 16 citizens of Russia on board the plane.
According to AZAL, there were 62 passengers, 5 crew members, and a total of 67 people on board the Embraer 190 flight from Baku to Grozny that crashed in the city of Aktau.
In connection with the plane crash on December 26, mourning was declared in Azerbaijan.