The Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet was en route from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny in Russia. The plane went down near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after being diverted due to fog. There were 62 passengers and five crew members on board the plane, Kazakhstan's transport ministry said.

A passenger plane crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday and initial reports suggested there were survivors, the Central Asian country's Emergencies Ministry said in a statement.

An airline Azerbaijan Airlines plane that was en route Wednesday from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to Grozny, in the Russian republic of Chechnya, crashed in Kazakhstan. Heavy fog diverted the flight to Kazakhstan's Aktaou,

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