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Today is a day of mourning in Azerbaijan

26 December 2024 00:00 (UTC +04:00)

Today is a day of mourning in Azerbaijan, APA reports.

A national day of mourning has been declared in Azerbaijan for December 26 over the tragic crash of the Embraer 190 passenger aircraft, operating the Baku-Grozny flight on December 25, which resulted in numerous casualties.

President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order in this regard.

Notable, today AZAL's Embraer 190 passenger plane, flying on the Baku-Grozny route, crashed 3 km from Aktau airport. The Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan reported that 37 citizens of Azerbaijan were on board the plane, which crashed 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.

According to preliminary information, 32 people have been identified as survivors. Some of them are in critical condition.

In accordance with the instructions of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, a state commission chaired by Prime Minister Ali Asadov has been established to investigate the causes of the plane crash. In accordance with the instructions of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, a delegation led by the Minister of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as the Minister of Digital Development and Transport, is in Kazakhstan in connection with the tragic accident.

President Ilham Aliyev, en route to the Russian Federation to attend the informal summit of the heads of state of CIS member countries in St. Petersburg today, was informed, while in the Russian airspace, about a plane crash that occurred in Aktau

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to establish a state commission to investigate the causes of the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243, an Embraer 190 aircraft, which was en route from Baku to Grozny and crashed near Aktau. The commission was tasked with taking appropriate measures in response to the incident.