Updates dying toll, provides particulars
Updates dying toll, provides particulars
ALMATY, Dec 27 (Reuters) – A Bek Air aircraft with 93 passengers and 5 crew members on board crashed close to town of Almaty in Kazakhstan on Friday shortly after taking off, killing no less than 15 folks, authorities within the Central Asian nation mentioned.
The Fokker 100 plane, heading for the capital, Nur-Sultan, on a pre-dawn flight, “misplaced altitude throughout takeoff and broke via a concrete fence” earlier than hitting a two-storey constructing, Kazakhstan’s Civil Aviation Committee mentioned.
A survivor advised Information web site Tengrinews she heard a “terrifying sound” earlier than the aircraft began shedding altitude.
“The aircraft was flying with a tilt. The whole lot was like in a film: screaming, shouting, folks crying,” she mentioned.
A Reuters reporter travelling to the airport quickly after the crash mentioned there was thick fog within the space.
Authorities haven’t instructed any doable…