At least nine people are reported to have died after a plane crashed into a two-storey building near an airport in Kazakhstan.
The Bek Air plane was carrying 95 passengers and five crew members.
It crashed at 7.22am local time after losing height while taking off from the airport in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city.
The plane had lost height during take-off. Pic: Kazakhstan Emergency CommitteeA statement from Almaty International Airport said the plane then hit a concrete fence and collided with the building.
There was no fire, they added.
The flight had been bound for the country’s capital Nur-Sultan.
There are survivors, the government says. Pic: Ministry of Internal AffairsA number of people have survived the crash and emergency services are at the scene.
The number of people killed was confirmed by the government’s emergency committee.
