A passenger plane crash in Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning. According to news agency Reuters, there were 62 passengers and 5 crew members in the plane. Of these, 28 people have been saved. 22 have been admitted to the hospital. Among the injured are two children whose condition is critical.
42 people are feared dead in the accident. The plane was heading from Azerbaijan to Grozny, the capital of Russia’s Chechnya province. But he had to make an emergency landing about 3 km from the Kazakh city of Aktau.
Plane crash in Kazakhstan
The Embraer E190AR aircraft of Azerbaijan Airlines was going from Aktau to Chechnya, Russia.
According to local officials and video from the scene, several people were saved by the promptness of first responders in the plane crash near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on the Caspian Sea coast.
According to the agencies, the route of the flight was changed due to dense fog. The plane had made several rounds of the airport before crashing. The pilot had also asked for permission for emergency landing.
However, it was later forced to make an emergency landing on the beach near the airport. The crashed plane was an Embraer 190 model of Azerbaijan Airlines. In the video going viral on social media, it is seen that the plane caught fire as soon as it crashed.
Claim- Plane collided with flock of birds
Kazakhstan’s Transport Ministry says that they will conduct a special investigation into this accident. Technical problem can also be the reason for the crash. According to Russian media reports, this accident occurred due to collision with a flock of birds. According to the Emergency Ministry of Kazakhstan, a total of 52 rescue teams and 11 rescue equipments have been sent to the accident site.
How dangerous is bird collision with plane?
Collision with aircraft is dangerous for birds in many ways. Among these, birds entering the engine, hitting the windshield or hitting the wing and tail of the aircraft are important.
When birds hit aircraft engines and enter them, they damage fan blades or compressors. Due to this the aircraft engine stops. In 2009, a flock of swans crashed into the engine of US Airways Flight 1549. Due to this both the engines failed. Due to this, the flight had to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River.
Following the accident, several individuals were observed exiting the aircraft, which had been split into two sections and was in a state of injury. The fear resulting from the incident was evident on their faces. The fire and rescue team promptly responded, extinguishing the flames engulfing the plane. Those injured were transported to the hospital via ambulance.
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According to initial investigations, local authorities indicated that the incident was caused by a bird strike. Witnesses, as reported by the news outlet Orda, stated that the birds collided with one of the plane’s engines, leading to an explosion of the oxygen cylinder even before the aircraft went down.
There is a possibility of glass breaking if a bird hits the windshield. Due to this, the vision of the pilots may be affected or injury may occur. Because of this there is a risk of the aircraft going out of control. At the same time, due to collision of birds with other parts of the aircraft, the aerodynamics of the aircraft is affected. Because of this they go out of control.
Know the crashed plane Embraer 190
The Embraer 190 is a twin jet engine aircraft. It is used for regional air connectivity i.e. it is used for short distances. This narrow body aircraft was launched in 2004. Its commercial flights started in the next year i.e. 2005.
According to different seating arrangements, 90 to 98 people including passengers and crew members can travel in it. This aircraft is single-aisle, that is, it has seats on both sides and a gallery in the middle. The Embraer 190 jet is equipped with two turbofan engines, due to which it can cover a distance of as long as 4000 KM.
