Plane with 100 on board crashes in Kazakhstan

A plane with 100 people on board has crashed in Kazakhstan, killing at least nine people, officials say.

They say the Bek Air aircraft went down shortly after taking off at Almaty airport on Friday morning local time.

A Reuters reporter close to the scene said there was heavy fog in the area. The airport said there were survivors.

The plane was en route from Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, to the country's capital of Nur-Sultan. The cause of the crash is not known.

Almaty's airport said there were 95 passengers and five crew on board.

It said the plane lost height at 07:22 local time (01:22 GMT), before striking a concrete barrier and crashing into a two-storey building.

There was no fire upon impact.

(Source: BBC News)



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