UGC footage shows moment Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan

An Embraer passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, on December 25, with 62 passengers and five crew members on board. Kazakh authorities reported that 32 people survived.

The Embraer 190 jet, flight number J2-8243, was en route from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, the capital of Russia's Chechnya region. Azerbaijan Airlines stated the plane was forced to make an emergency landing approximately 3 km (1.8 miles) from Aktau, located on the Caspian Sea's opposite shore from Azerbaijan and Russia.

Following the crash, Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, was returning home from Russia where he had been due to attend a summit on Wednesday.

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