[The Hill] At least seven people died after a passenger plane crashed near Almaty, Kazakhstan Friday, according to the BBC.
The plane, which was carrying 95 passengers and five crew members, "lost altitude during takeoff and broke through a concrete fence" en route to the capital city of Nur-Sultan, hitting a small building, according to the nation’s Civil Aviation Committee.
a "concrete fence" = a WALL
| That’s one of those technical civil engineering terms, right? |
"At the moment, the death toll is 7 people," the committee added, saying that emergency services continue to work to rescue survivors, according to the BBC. The plane lost height around 1:22 p.m. local time.
Officials said a special commission will be established to determine the specific cause of the crash. The crash follows another accident near Almaty in January 2013, when a passenger plane went down near the city on a flight from the northern town of Kokshetau. |