An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet crashed near Aktau Airport in Kazakhstan, resulting in 38 fatalities. Survivors report hearing loud noises and feeling the plane shake before the crash.
An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger aircraft crashed near Kazakhstan 's Aktau Airport on Wednesday morning, killing 38 of the 67 people on board, Kazakh officials said. An Azeri crew member who survived the crash told ABC News in a phone call from his hospital room on Friday that he heard three thuds as they were flying over Grozny, Russia. He said he believes the noises came from outside the plane.
The crew member, who did not provide his name as crew members have not been authorized to speak with the media, said he noticed he was injured shortly after hearing the thuds.He was hospitalized in Aktau but has since been transferred to a hospital in Baku, Azerbaijan. The aircraft was flying from Baku to Grozny but couldn't land due to heavy fog, according to the crew member. The flight was rerouted to Aktau in Kazakhstan when it crashed while trying to land. A passenger, Subhonkul Rakhimov, told Reuters from his hospital bed that he heard a bang, saw oxygen masks falling down and that the fuselage was damaged. He said he initially thought the plane was going to fall apart and started praying. 'It was obvious that the plane had been damaged in some way,' Rakhimov said. 'It was as if it was drunk -- not the same plane anymore.' Rakhimov said he was 'thrown back and forth' while strapped in and then it was quiet, at which point he realized that they had landed
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