These are the hypotheses that would explain the causes of the plane crash that occurred in Kazakhstan

Several hours after learning about a serious plane crash in Kazakhstan, the authorities released some hypotheses about what may have been the causes of the incident in which, for now, 32 injured people are reported.

“According to available data, 32 people survived the crash of the (Azerbaijani) airline plane LESS in Kazakhstan,” Kanan Zeinalov, spokesman for the Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan, said at a press conference.

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Despite the seriousness of the event, the high number of survivors who showed up stands out, since the plane, which carried 67 passengerspresented a strong fall and subsequent explosion that was recorded in several videos posted on social networks. Among the injured are two minors, ages 11 and 16.

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“It was a regular flight. He was supposed to fly to Grozny, but because of the fog they sent him to Makhachkala and from there, apparently, to Aktau,” a spokesman for the Chechen capital airport told the TASS agency.

Why did a plane with 67 passengers flying over Kazakhstan crash?

In accordance with some preliminary data, one of the hypotheses maintains that the air tragedy would have been caused by the explosion of an oxygen cylinder that was on board the aircraft, since in several recordings it is identified as, from one moment to the next, the aircraft falls directly to the ground.

For its part, the airline Azerbaijan Airlines He also stated that the accident could have been caused by the collision of the aircraft with a flock of birds that were flying in the same area of ​​​​the aircraft.

Crew had reported a failure in the control system

The only certainty we have is that the plane’s crew had sent “a distress signal at 08:35 local time (03:35 GMT) and reported a failure in the control system”, in accordance with what was announced in the cabinet. crisis that was carried out after the incident occurred.

“Then at 08:49 they requested an emergency landing in Aktau and they tried to do it in direct mode, however, at 09:28 the plane crashed into the ground,” they noted.

In the area where this accident occurred, a fire also broke out that was put out by firefighters, according to sources from the Kazakh emergency services.

For his part, the President of Kazakhstan, Kasim-Yomart Tokayev, offered his condolences to his Azerbaijani colleague, Ilham Aliyev, for the accident of the Azerbaijani plane.