12 Killed In Kazakhstan Plane Crash

December 27, 2019 4:16 am

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) – Authorities suspended some flights in Kazakhstan after a jetliner carrying 98 people crashed shortly after takeoff. At least 12 people were killed and 54 hospitalized Friday in the accident. The aircraft hit a concrete wall and a two-story building soon after leaving Almaty International Airport for a flight to Nur-Sultan, the country’s capital formerly known as Astana. All Bek Air and Fokker 100 flights were suspended while the investigation got underway. Kazakhstan’s president also ordered an inspection of all airlines in the former Soviet republic. A survivor says the plane started shaking soon after departure.