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38 people were killed and 29 survivors (including three children) were hospitalized when the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan.

Aktau, Chechnya
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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev confirmed that 38 people had been killed

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

29 survivors, including three children, have been hospitalized

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet crashed near Aktau, western Kazakhstan

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

38 people died out of 67 on board

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Reports emerged that the Embraer 190 aircraft was shot down by a Russian air defense system

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Thirty-eight people died as a result.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:11.851Z

Source story: 44515