BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 25. The Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the UAE has extended its heartfelt condolences
to the families of the victims of the tragic plane crash involving
an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) aircraft near the city of Aktau, as
well as to the government and people of Azerbaijan, Trend reports.
The UAE Ministry published the statement on its official
website.
“The UAE expresses its solidarity with Azerbaijan and offers its
sincere condolences regarding the crash of the passenger plane
belonging to Azerbaijan Airlines, which resulted in the loss of
lives. We deeply mourn with our friendly country Azerbaijan and its
people, the families of the victims of this tragedy, and wish a
speedy recovery to those injured,” the statement reads.
Earlier today, a passenger plane Embraer 190, flying on the
Baku-Grozny route, crashed 3 km from Aktau airport. According to
preliminary data, 37 citizens of Azerbaijan, 6 citizens of
Kazakhstan, 3 citizens of Kyrgyzstan, and 16 citizens of Russia
were on board the airplane.
AZAL announced that 62 passengers, 5 crew members, and a total
of 67 people were on board the Embraer 190 airplane flying
Baku-Grozny, which crashed in the city of Aktau.
Azerbaijan has declared mourning on December 26 due to the plane
crash.
