BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 26. December 26 has been declared a day of mourning in Azerbaijan following the tragic crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane near Aktau, TurkicWorld reports.
The order was signed by President Ilham Aliyev.
On December 25, an Embraer 190 passenger plane flying the Baku-Grozny route crashed 3 km from Aktau airport. Preliminary reports indicate there were 37 Azerbaijani citizens, 6 Kazakh citizens, 3 Kyrgyz citizens, and 16 Russian citizens on board.
AZAL confirmed that the Embraer 190 carried 62 passengers and 5 crew members, bringing the total number of people on board to 67.
