Passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan, emergencies ministry says

A passenger plane has crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday, citing Kazakhstan's Emergencies Ministry.

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane was en route from Baku to Grozny in Russia's Chechnya but was rerouted due to fog in Grozny, the news agencies said.

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