Day of mourning in Kazakhstan following plane crash that killed 12Kazakhstan observed a day of mourning on Saturday after a plane crashed just after take-off on Friday and killed 12 people, including the pilot. The Fokker 100 aircraft, operated by Kazakh airline Bek Air, broke through a concrete wall before hitting a two-storey residential building in Almaty. Eight of those being treated are seriously injured, and several emergency operations were necessary, the minister said in comments broadcast on Kazakh television. Four foreigners were on the plane – two from Ukraine and one each from China and Kyrgyzstan. The plane was flying from Almaty to Nursultan, Kazakhstan’s capital city, which was formerly known as Astana.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 28, 2019 03:56 UTC