“Black box” from crashed AZAL plane near Aktau recovered

  25 December 2024    Read: 412
  “Black box” from crashed AZAL plane near Aktau recovered

The “black box” from the crashed Embraer 190 passenger plane, operated by Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), was recovered near Aktau on December 25. Timur Suleimenov, Chief Transport Prosecutor of Kazakhstan, confirmed the discovery during a briefing in Aktau.

According to preliminary data, 37 citizens of Azerbaijan, six citizens of Kazakhstan, three citizens of Kyrgyzstan, and 16 citizens of Russia were on board the airplane.

AZAL announced that 62 passengers, five crew members, and a total of 67 people were on board the Embraer 190 airplane flying Baku-Grozny, which crashed in the city of Aktau.


Azerbaijan has declared mourning on December 26 due to the plane crash.


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