A view shows the wreckage of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane at the crash site near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan December 25, 2024. Administration of Mangystau region/Handout via REUTERS
The whole world is left in shock and mourning as a Kazakhstan plane crashed. Now, a spine-chilling video filmed by a passenger inside the cabin of the crashing plane has gone viral on social media. This shows the final moments before the tragedy. The accident was seen to have happened near Aktau, an oil and gas hub on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, where 38 people were killed.
Passengers are seen praying, with some of them praying to God and chanting his name “Allahu Akbar” (God is great) as the plane moved with a downward trajectory. The cabin is filled with the sounds of panic, crying, and the instructions to “fasten seatbelt” . The video also shows yellow oxygen masks hanging from the seats, with is a signal of the seriousness of the situation
The crash occurred near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan. The plane was an Embraer 190, belonging to Azerbaijan Airlines. The flight was on route from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Russia, and the dense fog at the destination forced it to make an emergency landing. The airplane had 62 passengers and five crew members on board. It deviated from the planned route and tried to land in Aktau, but the emergency landing had a disastrous end as it crashed and caught fire.
Authorities in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Russia have begun investigating the crash. The initial reports of the accident suggest that the bird may have struck the plane that caused it to make an emergency landing. However, Azerbaijan Airlines is still considering all possible scenarios about the plane crash.
According to reports from the Kazakh transport ministry, it had 37 Azerbaijani nationals, six Kazakhstan, three Kyrgyzstan and 16 Russians onboard the plane. The scene of the accident was attended within 3 kilometers distance of Aktau by responding teams who extinguished the fire before whisking survivors away to local hospitals.
