Last three suvivors of Aktau plane crash sent back to Azerbaijan
The final survivors of the tragic plane crash involving an Azerbaijani airliner were sent back to their homeland on December 30.
A special flight transported three Azerbaijani citizens to Azerbaijan after spending six days in intensive care at the Mangistau Regional Clinical Hospital, Caliber.Az reports via Sputnik Kazakhstan.
According to medical staff, all 29 Azerbaijani nationals who were injured in the crash have now been safely returned home. The last of the patients were discharged after receiving critical care in Kazakhstan.
On December 25, an AZAL Embraer E190 aircraft en route from Baku to Grozny crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau. The tragedy claimed the lives of 38 passengers, while 29 others, including the five crew members on board, survived.
As of December 30, the black boxes recovered from the crash site have been sent to Brazil for further analysis. Kazakhstan has dispatched the flight data recorders to Brazil's Aviation Accident Investigation and Prevention Center (CENIPA), which will oversee the decoding and analysis process.
This analysis is expected to provide critical insights into the sequence of events that led to the crash and help investigators determine the cause of the disaster.
By Vugar Khalilov