Victims of plane crash commemorated with minute of silence in Azerbaijan

A moment of silence was observed throughout the country at 12:00 pm to commemorate those who died in the crash of an AZAL aircraft near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on December 25.

Report informs that following the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer passenger aircraft near Aktau city in Kazakhstan en route Baku-Grozny on December 25, resulting in multiple casualties, President Ilham Aliyev signed an order declaring a one-day mourning across the country.

State flags were lowered, transportation stopped, military ships lined up in the coastal waters of the Caspian Sea gave continuous whistles.

Among the 67 people on board, 42 were citizens of Azerbaijan, 16 of Russia, 6 of Kazakhstan, and 3 of Kyrgyzstan.

Under President Ilham Aliyev's instruction, a state commission headed by Prime Minister Ali Asadov has been established to investigate the causes of the plane crash.

An Azerbaijani delegation, including the minister of digital development and transport, minister of emergencies, deputy prosecutor general, and other officials, departed for Aktau to investigate the causes of the plane crash on site.