Moscow: Passenger plane crashed in Aktau area of Kazakhstan. A passenger plane carrying 72 people to Russia crashed. Several people may have died, according to reports citing the Kazakhstan Ministry of Emergencies. Local media reports that 12 passengers were rescued. But there is no official confirmation about the death toll.
The accident was an Azerbaijan Airlines flight. The flight was en route from Baku to Grozny in Chechnya, Russia. But the plane was diverted due to heavy fog in Grozny. The government of Kazakhstan announced that the rescue operation is progressing.
