Four killed and two injured in Kazakhstan military plane crash
- City authorities said the survivors were in intensive care and their condition was ‘extremely’ serious
- Almaty Airport said in a statement that ‘the plane crashed at the end of the runway’ without offering an explanation for the accident
Four people died and two more were badly injured on Saturday when a military plane crashed and caught fire while trying to land in Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty, the latest accident to hit the country’s aviation industry.
City authorities said the survivors were in intensive care and their condition was “extremely” serious.
The An-26 craft was travelling to Almaty from the capital Nur-Sultan, the emergencies ministry said, noting that the airport had lost contact with the aircraft at 17:22 local time (11:22 GMT).
“According to preliminary data, four people died, and two injured were sent to the nearest hospital,” the ministry said in a statement.
The plane, which belonged to Kazakhstan’s national security committee, caught fire after it crashed at Almaty Airport.