The Flightradar24 web site confirmed the aircraft deviating from its regular route, crossing the Caspian Sea after which circling over the world the place it will definitely crashed close to Aktau, an oil and fuel hub on the jap shore of the ocean.
Azerbaijan state information company AZERTAC reported the plane’s black field, which data the flight knowledge, has been recovered.
The Kazakh transport ministry stated the aircraft was carrying 37 nationals from Azerbaijan, six from Kazakhstan, three from Kyrgyzstan and 16 from Russia.
Azerbaijan Airways, the nation’s flag service, stated the aircraft “made an emergency touchdown” round 3km from Aktau.
The Kazakh emergency conditions ministry stated its employees put out a hearth which broke out when the aircraft crashed. About 150 emergency staff had been on the scene.
Kazakhstan stated it had opened an investigation into the reason for the crash, which was not instantly clear.
Azerbaijan Airways initially stated the aircraft flew via a flock of birds earlier than withdrawing the assertion.
“We can not disclose any investigation outcomes presently,” the workplace of Azerbaijan’s prosecutor basic stated in a press release.
“All doable eventualities are being examined, and the required knowledgeable analyses are underway,” it added.
It stated an investigative workforce led by the deputy prosecutor basic of Azerbaijan has been dispatched to Kazakhstan and is working on the crash website.
