A plane has crashed in Kazakhstan with five cabin crew members and at least 15 passengers on board, Interfax reported, quoting local Emergency Ministry workers.
Reuters, however, quoted a list published by the prosecutor-general’s office which said the number of people killed in the crash was 21, not 20.
The plane, which according to reports is a Challenger-200, crashed near Almaty, the largest city in the country. At 1:15pm local time (7:15 GMT) it disappeared from radar.
The passengers were mostly business professionals, with one child among those on board, local authorities said. The plane broke into several parts after falling to the ground, they added.
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th January 2013 at 21:36
A Scat Airlines Canadair CRJ-200, registration UP-CJ006 performing flight DV-760 from Kokshetau to Almaty (Kazakhstan) with 16 passengers and 5 crew, was on final approach to Almaty’s runway 23R in poor visibility due to fog when the crew decided to go around but the aircraft disappeared from radar screens at 13:13L (07:13Z). The aircraft was found in swampy terrain about 1400 meters short of the runway threshold at around 14:00L. All occupants perished.
Crash: Scat CRJ2 at Almaty on Jan 29th 2013, impacted ground near airport on AvHerald
By: Matt-100 - 29th January 2013 at 18:06
As always, very sad news. Kind of reminds me of KE801 🙁
By: MSR777 - 29th January 2013 at 17:58
Sad news indeed. RIP:(
By: Newforest - 29th January 2013 at 15:13
Not sure if there have been any previous crashes of this type? RIP.
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January 29, 2013 at 2:37 pm