Aktau residents again donate blood for those injured in AZAL aircraft crash

Residents of Aktau city in Kazakhstan have again lined up at hospitals to donate blood for those injured in the crash of an AZAL aircraft, Report informs, citing Kazakh press.

"It's 8 AM in Aktau. Kazakhstanis have again lined up to donate blood for those injured in the plane crash," a report said.

An Embraer passenger aircraft belonging to AZAL, operating the Baku-Grozny flight, crashed near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan on December 25. Among the 67 people on board, 42 were citizens of Azerbaijan, 16 of Russia, 6 of Kazakhstan, and 3 of Kyrgyzstan. As a result of the crash, 38 passengers died, while 29 survived, including 3 children.

President Ilham Aliyev signed an order declaring a one-day mourning in Azerbaijan to commemorate the victims of the tragic crash.