Spasi-id.com - Azerbaijan marked the day of mourning after a local airline passenger plane crashed off the coast of the Caspian Sea. Authorities in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia are investigating an emergency landing on Wednesday morning which killed at least 38 people.
The 5 facts of Azerbaijan Airlines crash crashed in Kazakhstan.
1. The plane is on its way to Chechnya
It crashed about three kilometers from Aktau in Kazakhstan, on the east coast of the Caspian Sea.
It's on its way from the Azerbaijan capital, Baku, to Grozny, Chechen capital in southern Russia.
Who's in it? Embraer Flight 190, flight number J2-8243, carrying 62 passengers and five crew members.
According to Kazakhstan officials, the people on board are citizens of four different countries:
- 42 citizens of Azerbaijan
- 16 Russian citizens
- 6 Kazakhstan citizens
- Three Kirgistan citizens
2. As many as 32 passengers survived
Congratulations. There are 32 survivors, including two children, who have been hospitalized, with many in critical condition. Many were pulled out of the wreckage, while some, according to the first responders and videotape, dragged themselves out, covered in blood.
Deputy Prime Minister Kazakhstan Kanat Bozumbayev announced that 38 people have died.
The Russian Interfax news office cited an emergency officer's statement at the scene saying that both pilots, by initial assessment, were killed in the accident.
3. Plane Hit Bird
The accident was reported due to an "emergency" situation on board after a bird crash, said the Russian flight supervisor was on Telegram.
The ship must have deviated from its original route due to heavy fog in Grozny, destination, and made an emergency landing.
The commercial flight tracking website recorded the flight it traveled north along a scheduled route on the west coast before it disappeared. Then reappeared on the east coast, spinning around Aktau airport before it finally fell.
"According to initial reports, the plane requested an alternate landing at the airport before the crash... due to heavy fog in Grozny," Yulia Shapovalova from Al Jazeera reporting from Moscow.
President Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in a statement that "according to the information given to me, the AZAL airline, which flew on the Baku- Grozny route, changed its course because the weather conditions were deteriorating and began heading to Aktau airport, the crash site occurred on landing."
The nearest Russian airport, Makhachkala, closed early that day due to the activity of the drone.
A powerful GPS disorder in the region, which has been linked to previous incidents, may have been increasingly difficult to navigate and contributed to the accident, according to an online post by the FlightRadar24.
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"There's a video of a plane crash available in the media and social networking, and everyone can watch it. However, the reason the accident was not yet known to us," said President Azerbaijan. "There are various theories, but I'm sure it's still too early to discuss them."
Four. Fast Running Crisis Handling
Emergency services have actively responded to the situation.
Firefighters put out the fire caused by the accident, while 150 emergency workers and medical teams, including specialists flown from Astra, treated the injured.
Azerbaijan Airlines said to suspend all flights between Baku and Grozny, and Baku and Makhachkala until the investigation is complete.
Maskapai penerbangan itu juga telah menyiapkan saluran telepon khusus untuk anggota keluarga penumpang dan memposting semua nama mereka di halaman media sosialnya.
Kemudian Aliyev juga menandatangani dekrit yang menyatakan tanggal 26 Desember sebagai hari berkabung di negara itu. Presiden Azerbaijan, yang saat itu sedang terbang ke Rusia untuk menghadiri pertemuan puncak, mengatakan bahwa ia diberitahu tentang kecelakaan itu saat ia berada di udara.
“Saya langsung memberikan instruksi agar pesawat kembali ke Baku,” kata Aliyev dalam sebuah pernyataan yang dikeluarkan oleh kantornya.
5. Penyelidikan Sedang Dilaksanakan
Pihak berwenang Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, dan Rusia mengatakan bahwa mereka sedang menyelidiki kecelakaan itu.
“Sebuah tim investigasi, yang dipimpin oleh wakil jaksa agung Azerbaijan, telah dikirim ke Kazakhstan dan bekerja di lokasi kecelakaan,” kata Kantor Kejaksaan Agung di Azerbaijan dalam sebuah pernyataan.
Kantor berita negara Azerbaijan, Azertac, mengatakan bahwa tim yang dikirim ke Aktau untuk “investigasi di tempat” juga termasuk menteri situasi darurat Azerbaijan dan wakil presiden Azerbaijan Airlines. Azertac mengatakan bahwa kotak hitam pesawat tersebut – perekam penerbangan yang digunakan penyidik untuk menentukan penyebab kecelakaan penerbangan – telah ditemukan.
Disisi lain Aliyev, dalam pernyataannya, mengatakan bahwa “kasus pidana telah dibuka” dan bahwa masyarakat Azerbaijan akan “diberi tahu secara berkala” tentang kemajuan penyelidikan.
Kazakhstan telah membentuk komisi pemerintah untuk memeriksa penyebab bencana dan memastikan bahwa keluarga korban tewas dan luka-luka mendapatkan bantuan yang mereka butuhkan.
Penyelidikan difokuskan pada potensi masalah teknis dan penutupan wilayah udara di dekatnya.
Embraer, produsen pesawat asal Brasil, telah menyatakan kesediaannya untuk membantu penyelidikan.
Demikian 5 Fakta Kecelakaan Pesawat Azerbaijan Airlines jatuh di Kazakhstan
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