BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 25. The US Embassy in Azerbaijan expressed its condolences regarding the plane crash in Kazakhstan, TurkicWorld reports via the embassy's post on X.
"The US Embassy expresses its deepest condolences to the victims of today’s air accident in Kazakhstan and to their families and loved ones. We stand ready to assist Azerbaijan in its response to this tragedy," the post reads.
Earlier today, the Embraer 190 passenger plane flying on the Baku-Grozny route crashed 3 km from the Aktau airport. The Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan reported that there were 37 Azerbaijani citizens on board the plane that crashed in the city of Aktau.
"According to preliminary information, there were 37 Azerbaijani, 6 Kazakh, 3 Kyrgyz, and 16 Russian citizens on board the plane," the ministry said.
AZAL added that there were 62 passengers and five crew members on board the "Embraer 190" plane that crashed in Aktau, making a total of 67 people.
