Kazakhstan Plane Crash: A passenger plane crashed in Aktau, Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning. According to news agency Reuters, there were 62 passengers and 5 crew members on the plane. The plane was going from Azerbaijan to Grozny, the capital of Russia’s Chechnya province, but it had to make an emergency landing about 3 km from the Kazakh city of Aktau. (Video courtsy: The Times)
As soon as the plane crashed, it caught fire and broke into two pieces. The number of dead and survivors is constantly changing as the rescue operation is still going on. Earlier it was reported that only 25 people survived the accident. Now it is being said that 29 people survived. So far the death of 4 people has been confirmed.
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According to agencies, the flight route was changed due to heavy fog. The plane circled the airport several times before crashing. The pilot had also asked for permission for an emergency landing. However, later he was forced to make an emergency landing on the beach near the airport.
The crashed plane was an Embraer 190 model of Azerbaijan Airlines. According to the Emergency Ministry of Kazakhstan, a total of 52 rescue teams and 11 rescue equipment have been sent to the accident site.
2 theories and 3 questions about the plane crash
Theories
1. Oxygen cylinder burst due to bird hit: According to media reports, the oxygen cylinder of the plane exploded due to a bird hit, causing the plane to crash. However, the footage going viral on social media shows the plane catching fire only after the crash. Fire or smoke is not visible before that.
2. Technical fault: Kazakhstan officials say that they are also investigating the crash from the angle of some technical faults. Also, a case of violation of safety regulations has been initiated in the entire matter.
Questions
1. If the pilot asked for permission for emergency landing then why did the plane land on the beach?
2. Whether the pilot was given permission for emergency landing or not. If permission was given then why did the pilot land on the beach instead of the runway.
3. If the oxygen cylinder in the plane burst due to a bird hit, then how did the plane keep circling the airport before crashing.
Photos from circling the airport to the crash
People came out of the plane in a panic
In the video that has surfaced on social media, a part of the plane is seen broken. From which badly injured people are coming out alive. Some people are seen saving the people who survived in the plane. The people who survived in the plane are looking very scared. People hardly survive in such dangerous plane accidents. But the 28 people present in the plane were lucky in this case that they survived alive. Anyone can get disturbed seeing the bad condition in which people are coming out of the plane. The rescue team present at the spot is also working hard to save people.
The plane became a ball of fire as soon as it crashed
A video of this plane crash is going viral in which the plane is seen crashing while landing. After the crash during landing, a huge cloud of fire is visible there. The reason for this accident is now being investigated. Azerbaijan Airlines said about this accident that the plane that crashed was an Embraer 190 aircraft. Its number was J2-8243. This plane going from Baku to Grozny route of Russia had to make an emergency landing. This plane crashed during this landing attempt.
28 people survived the plane crash
Twenty-eight people survived after an Embraer 190 crashed near the city of Aktau, an oil and gas hub on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea, officials said. Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev cut short his trip to Russia upon hearing of the accident. The Kazakh Transport Ministry said on Telegram that a plane flying on the Baku-Grozny route crashed near Aktau. The airlines said the plane was carrying 105 passengers and five crew members.
What did Kazakhstan say
Kazakhstan said its workers had extinguished the fire that broke out when the plane crashed. 150 emergency workers were at the scene. The health ministry said a special flight was being sent from the Kazakh capital Astana with specialist doctors to treat the injured. The president has ordered urgent measures to be launched to investigate the causes of the disaster. Local health officials earlier said 14 survivors had been taken to hospital, five of whom were placed in ICU.
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