14 killed, 35 hurt after Bek Air aircraft crashes in Kazakhstan’s Almaty airport

Kazakhstan, Dec 27: A Plane with 100 people including five crew members on board crashes in Kazakhstan, emergency services at the site near Almaty airport killing at least fourteen people while at least 35 others survived with injuries. The Bek Air aircraft hit a concrete fence and a two-story building after takeoff from Almaty International Airport.

Kazakhstan plane crash: Bek Air plane goes down near Almaty airport; multiple fatalities reported

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Bek Air flight 2100 disappeared from radar at 7.05am local time.

The airport said the plane lost attitude at 7:22 a.m. (0122 GMT). In a statement on its Facebook page, the airport said there was no fire and a rescue operation got underway immediately following the crash.

The plane was flying to Nur-Sultan, the country's capital formerly known as Astana.

Initial reports suggets that the plane crashed in the Talgar region, although the airport press office say the plane came down near the aiport.

According to preliminary reports, there are survivors with emergency services rushing to the scene.

The plane was flying to Nur-Sultan, the country's capital formerly known as Astana. The aircraft was identified as a Fokker-100, a medium-sized, twin-turbofan jet airliner. The company manufacturing the aircraft went bankrupt in 1996 and the production of the Fokker-100 stopped the following year.