Dozens are feared dead after a passenger plane carrying 72 people crashed in Kazakhstan, the country’s emergencies ministry said.
Twelve people are reported to have survived the crash, authorities said.
The Azerbaijan Airlines flight was en route from Baku in Azerbaijan to Grozny in Russia, but was rerouted due to fog. It crashed near the city of Aktau near the airport, in the west of the country.
Emergency services have extinguished a fire at the crash site, Kazakhstan’s emergencies ministry said.
Survivors are being treated at a nearby hospital, the ministry added.
Azerbaijan Airlines said the Embraer 190 aircraft had been forced to make an emergency landing around two miles from the city of Aktau.
The aircraft was carrying 67 passengers and five crew, authorities said.
The cause of the crash is currently unknown.
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