Azerbaijan Airlines Plane Crash in Kazakhstan Kills 38, Leaves 29 Injured
At least 38 people were killed when a passenger plane headed from Azerbaijan to Russia's Chechnya region crashed on Christmas Day, officials said. Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243 flew “several hundred miles off its planned route” and crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on the other side of the Caspian Sea, Reuters reported. Video footage […]
Azerbaijani Airliner with 67 People Onboard Crashes in Kazakhstan
(AP) — An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people on board crashed Wednesday near the Kazakh city of Aktau, leaving at least 32 people alive, officials said. More than 30 people may die. The plane was on its way from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to Grozny, a Russian city in the North Caucasus. Kazakhstan's Ministry […]
Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan
A passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau with 62 passengers and five crew members on board, Kazakh authorities said, adding that at least 28 people survived. Two children are believed to be among the survivors and are being treated at a nearby hospital. Unverified video of Wednesday's crash […]
331 Swiss International passengers get stranded 20 hours in Kazakhstan after plan goes off runway
A Lufthansa Boeing 747 can be seen on video making a violent bounce as it landed at Los Angeles Airport on Tuesday. Credit: Airline Videos Live via YouTube Hundreds of airline passengers were forced to wait almost a day to continue their journey after a plane got stuck in mud while attempting to take off […]
Xi Jinping Reunites with ‘Old Friend’ Vladimir Putin at Kazakhstan Summit
Chinese Communist dictator Xi Jinping met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday on the sidelines of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), in what Putin called their second meeting in two months as evidence that the two countries are entering a “golden age” of diplomacy. The SCO is primarily a Central Asian association. […]