By Pavel Mikheyev and Olzhas Auyezov
By Pavel Mikheyev and Olzhas Auyezov
ALMATY, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Twelve folks have been killed and dozens injured when a aircraft with practically 100 passengers and crew on board crashed quickly after take-off in Kazakhstan on Friday.
The Bek Air Fokker 100 acquired into bother shortly after departing from Almaty, the Central Asian nation’s industrial centre, on a pre-dawn flight to the capital Nur-Sultan.
It misplaced altitude throughout take-off and broke by means of a concrete fence earlier than hitting a two-storey constructing, Kazakhstan’s Civil Aviation Committee mentioned. It was not instantly clear what triggered the crash.
“The aircraft tilted to the left, then to the correct, then it began shaking whereas nonetheless attempting to achieve altitude,” businessman Aslan Nazaraliyev, who survived the crash, instructed Reuters.
Investigators discovered scratch marks on the runway.
“Earlier than crashing, the plane touched the runway with its tail…