Dozens of people have died when a passenger plane with 67 people on board crashed in Kazakhstan, local authorities said.
According to the country’s Emergencies Ministry, there were at least 25 survivors.
The plane, operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, caught fire while attempting an emergency landing near the city of Aktau.
Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 was en route from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny in Russia. The route was reportedly rerouted due to fog.
A video confirmed by the Reuters news agency shows the plane flying towards the ground at high speed with its landing gear extended.
Seconds after the apparent attempt to land, a huge fireball erupts.
The airline said the plane made an “emergency landing” about 3 km (1.9 miles) from Aktau.
It took off from Baku at 03:55 a.m. GMT on Wednesday and crashed at around 06:28 a.m., data from flight tracking website Flightradar24 showed.
There were 62 passengers and five crew members on board the Embraer 190 aircraft, the Transportation Ministry said.
There were mostly Azerbaijani nationals on board, but there were also some passengers from Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Of the 25 known survivors, 22 were taken to hospital, the Emergencies Ministry said.
Unconfirmed video footage showed emergency services putting out a fire and pulling people from the rubble.
The government has launched an investigation into the cause of the accident. Embraer told the BBC it was “ready to support all relevant authorities.”
The BBC has contacted Azerbaijan Airlines for comment.
