Kazakhstan plane crash: Bek Air flight with 100 onboard goes down at Almaty airport – the guardian, theguardian.com

A plane carrying 120 People has crashed near Almaty airport, in (Kazakhstan) ********************************, killing at least 14 people.

On Friday morning Almaty airport said there were survivors and emergency workers were on site. Footage from the scene of the accident appeared to show the plane had collided with a building.

The plane, flight number Z 868176, was carrying passengers and 5 crew. Emergency services combed through the rubble in the immediate aftermath of the crash.

The crash site in Almerek village – just beyond the end of the runway – was cordoned off.

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# Kazakhstan Les dégâts sont mieux visibles avec le jour qui se lève.L’avion est un Fokker – (**************************************************************************************************************. ********************************************** Les vols de type Fokker – au Kazakhstan sont suspendus.pic.twitter.com/pL1ApnJkLH (December) **********************************************************************************************************************,President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev pledged to provide families of the victims with compensation and tweeted that those responsible “will be severely punished in accordance with the law.”

Tokayev also said that a government commission had been set up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.

(# UPDATE) Nine people died when a plane with 100 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff from Almaty airport in Kazakhstanhttps://t.co/H4HCvzDYNS pic.twitter.com/FAL7iMEEYL (December) **********************************************************************************************************************, **********************************************************************************************The Bek Air flight was en route from Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, to the country’s capital of Nursultan.

It took off at 7. am local time.

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# Bekair plane crashes after take off from Almaty airport (# flight************************ (# Almaty) **********************************# Алматыpic.twitter.com/qx9HiKbjSn

(December) ************************************************************************************************************,Kazakhstan’s Civil Aviation Committee said in a statement the aircraft “lost altitude during takeoff and broke through a concrete fence” before hitting a small building.

The committee said people were killed and more than 53 injured. Almaty mayor’s office said at least of the injured were in grave condition.

(************************************************************МИА Казинформ******************** (@ kazinformkz) Самолет упал близ Алматы: есть выжившие

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(December) , () **********************************A Reuters reporter traveling to the airport said there was thick fog in the area. Flight Radar 25 said at the time of takeoff there was fog and the air temperature was -9C, with very little wind.

Bek Air operates a fleet of Fokker jets. The aviation committee said it was suspending all flights of that type of aircraft pending an investigation.

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