We begin with breaking news. Theres been a plane crash in the Central Asian country of kazha kstan. Details are still coming in, but its understood the aircraft was carrying around 100 passengers and crew. It went down near the city of almaty, en route to nur sultan. In the past few minutes, the official death count has risen to 9. This statement from the Kazakh Aviation Authority, published in the past hour, says at 07 22 flight no. 22100, of bek airline, in the direction almaty nur sultan lost altitude during take off and broke through a concrete fence. There was a collision with a two storey building. Rescue operations and the evacuation of passengers and crew began immediately. The plane was a fokker 100 video published on social media appears to show much of its fuselage intact as search and rescue operations continue. The Kazakh Aviation Authority has now suspended all flights of this type of aircraft until the circumstances of the accident are clarified. According to preliminary
Hello and welcome to bbc news. A plane crash in Central Asian country of static site. The country of static site. The country of static site. The country of kazakhstan. Its understood the aircraft was a fokker 100, carrying 95 passengers and 5 crew. It went down shortly after taking off from almaty en route to nur sultan. In the last few minutes, the government updated the official death count to m. These pictures we received in the last hour show the scene of the crash. The Kazakh Aviation Authority said the plane lost altitude during take off and broke through a concrete fence. There was a collision with a two storey building. There was no fire and much of the fuselage of the plane is still intact. Rescue operations and the evacuation of passengers and crew began immediately. All flights of this type of aircraft have now been suspended in kazakhstan until the circumstances of the accident are clarified. And in the past few minutes, the president of kazakhstan has tweeted his condolen
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