38 people were killed and 29 survivors (including three children) were hospitalized when the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan.
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Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev confirmed that 38 people had been killed
29 survivors, including three children, have been hospitalized
An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet crashed near Aktau, western Kazakhstan
38 people died out of 67 on board
Reports emerged that the Embraer 190 aircraft was shot down by a Russian air defense system
Thirty-eight people died as a result.
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