Passenger plane crashes, explodes en route to Russia

Dozens of people are feared dead after a passenger plane crashed in the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

The Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet was en route from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny in Russia. The plane went down near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after being diverted due to fog.

There were 62 passengers and five crew members on board the plane, Kazakhstan’s transport ministry said.

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