Transportation
Azeri Airline Pauses Flights to South Russia After Deadly Crash
- Embraer 190 aircraft was flying from Baku to Grozny in Russia
- Kazakh deputy prime minister says over half of passengers died
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Azerbaijan Airlines suspended flights to two cities in southern Russia after a passenger plane heading in that direction was diverted across the Caspian Sea and crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, killing dozens.
The Embraer SA 190 aircraft was carrying 62 passengers and five crew members from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to Grozny in Russia’s Chechnya region, when it changed course to make an emergency landing in Kazakhstan, the state-owned carrier said in a statement on Wednesday. The Prosecutor General’s Office in Baku said that 32 people had survived.