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Dozens survive deadly plane crash in Kazakhstan

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Dozens of passengers were hospitalised after their plane crashed just minutes after take-off in Kazakhstan on Friday.

At least 12 people were killed, Kazakh officials said.

An investigation is underway but Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister, Roman Sklyar, said there were two skid marks from the tail end of the plane on the runway, indicating it struggled to take-off.
Those that died were mainly at the front of the aircraft, he added.

One survivor said the plane started shaking less than two minutes after takeoff.

“At first, the left-wing jolted really hard, then the right. The plane continued to gain altitude, shaking quite severely, and then went down,” Aslan Nazaraliyev, one of the passengers who survived the crash, told The Associated Press

There were 98 people on board and at least 54 were hospitalised, around 10 of them in a critical condition, officials said.

Russian media reported the injuries included cerebral, hip, and lower limb injuries.

According to Flightradar24, the plane was a Fokker 100.

Later on Friday, people were pictured leaving flowers at the airport to pay tribute to victims of the crash.

Saturday (28 December) has been declared as a national day of mourning in Kazakhstan.

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