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| Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan, more than 30 feared dead |
| 2024-12-25 |
| [NY Post] Lessons from the pics at the post: Sit in the back An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, leaving at least 32 survivors, according to officials. More than 30 people may be dead. The plane was en route from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus. Kazakhstan’s Emergency Ministry said in a Telegram statement that those on board included five crew. A total of 29 survivors, including two children, have been hospitalized, the ministry told Russia’s state news agency, RIA Novosti. Another Russian news agency, Interfax quoted medical workers as saying that four bodies have been recovered and emergency workers at the scene as saying that both pilots, according to a preliminary assessment, died in the crash. The Embraer 190 aircraft made an emergency landing 3 km from the city, Azerbaijan Airlines said earlier. Kazakhstan’s Emergency Ministry initially said 25 people survived the crash, later revising that number to 27, 28, and then 29 as the search and rescue operation continued at the site of the crash, bringing the supposed death toll down. The Prosecutor General’s Office in Azerbaijan later reported that at least 32 people survived the crash, adding that the number wasn’t final. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that some of them were in critical condition. The number of survivors could mean that over 30 people may be dead. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #7 "due to a collision with birds" Lt. Bruce Wilhemy : Oh man! Shit! Did you see it? [Examining bullet holes in Cmdr. Ecker's wing] Lt. Bruce Wilhemy : You were lucky skipper. Commander William B. Ecker : Damn sparrows! Must have been migrating. Petty Officer : Sparrows? Commander William B. Ecker : I probably hit a couple of hundred of them. How many did you hit Bruce? Lt. Bruce Wilhemy : Sparrows? A few I guess. Petty Officer : Are these twenty millimeter or forty millimeter sparrows, sir? Commander William B. Ecker : Those are bird strikes. Sparrows to be precise. That's the way it is, guys. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2024-12-25 19:48 |
| #6 Informed speculation is leaning towards a strike by a 9K38 Igla MANPAD. Rationale over at Stephen Bryen's substack. |
| Posted by: Clem+Elmish4239 2024-12-25 19:23 |
| #5 another case where sitting in the rear of the plane may have saved people's lives |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-12-25 14:47 |
| #4 Looks like |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-12-25 10:58 |
| #3 Dramatic Video Shows Azerbaijan Airlines Passenger Jet Crash In Kazakhstan "Russian media outlet RIA News said the loss of partial flight controls was due to a collision with birds" "The aircraft was exposed to GPS jamming and spoofing near Grozny." |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-12-25 09:20 |
| #2 Azerbaijani Airliner with 67 People Onboard Crashes in Kazakhstan |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-12-25 08:24 |
| #1 Horrific moment airliner crashes with 72 on board in Christmas Day fireball in Kazakhstan, killing at least 42 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-12-25 08:12 |