Passenger plane that crashed in Kazakhstan may have encountered a flock of birds

The passenger plane with 67 people on board that crashed in Kazakhstan this morning may have run into a flock of birds. This is evident from preliminary information that airline Azerbaijan Airlines shared with the Azerbaijani news agency ‘AZERTAC’. Both Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev have already ordered the creation of a special commission to investigate the cause of the crash. Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences to Aliyev. This article is continuously updated with the latest information.

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