The Embraer 190 aircraft manufactured in Brazil, flight number J2-8243, carried 62 passengers and five crew members. According to Kazakh officials, the people on board were citizens of four ...The Embraer 190 aircraft manufactured in Brazil, flight number J2-8243, carried 62 passengers and five crew members. According to Kazakh officials, the people on board were citizens of four different countries: 42 Azerbaijani citizens 16 Russian citizens 6 Kazakh citizens 3 Kyrgyz citizens How many of them survived? There are 32 survivors, including two children, who have been hospitalised, with many in critical condition. Many were pulled out from the wreckage, while some, according to first responders and video footage, dragged themselves out, bloodied. Kazakhstans Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev announced that 38 people had been died. Russian news agency Interfax quoted emergency workers at the scene as saying that both pilots, according to a preliminary assessment, died in the crash. Why did the plane crash? The crash was reportedly due to an emergency situation onboard after a bird strike, Russias aviation watchdog said on Telegram.
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DEI pilots and crew.
Looks more like shrapnel than a bird strike.
Good to see Spirit Airlines are making improvements to their airbuses