(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
KHANKENDI, Azerbaijan, December 26. On December
26 at 12:00 p.m. in Khankendi city, as well as in the whole
territory of Azerbaijan, a minute of silence was marked to honor
the memory of those who died in the crash of the plane belonging to
Azerbaijan airlines (AZAL), Trend reports.
According to the information, traffic and pedestrian movement
were suspended, and state flags were lowered.
In connection with the tragedy, the“Winter Fairy Tale” fair,
which was scheduled for December 26 in Khankendi city, was
postponed indefinitely.
To note, on December 25, an Embraer 190 passenger plane
belonging to AZAL, flying on the Baku-Grozny route, crashed 3
kilometers from Aktau airport.
To note, AZAL's Embraer 190 passenger plane on the Baku-Grozny
route crashed 3 km away from Aktau airport on December 25.
A total of 67 people (62 passengers and 5 crew members) were on
board the Embraer 190 airplane, flying Baku-Grozny, which crashed
in Aktau.
Following the crash of the passenger airplane near Aktau, 27
people were hospitalized. Of them, 15 people are citizens of the
Republic of Azerbaijan, 8 of the Russian Federation, and 3 of the
Kyrgyz Republic. The identity of one person has not been
established yet.
Of the victims hospitalized, 11 are being treated in the
intensive care unit, 13 in the traumatology department, 2 in the
neurosurgery department, and 1 in the surgical department. These
persons are under the control of professional doctors from
Kazakhstan and those expelled from Azerbaijan and Russia. They were
provided with prompt and specialized medical and psychological
treatment.
Both crew pilots as well as the flight stewardess were lost, but
two crew members survived.
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