Passenger plane crash in Kazakhstan 9 deaths confirmed Confirmation of about 100 passengers and crew members December 27 13:15

According to Russian media, near the airport in Almaty, a commercial city in Central Asia and southern Kazakhstan, at around 7.30 am local time and around 10:30 am Japan time, "Beck," which carried about 100 passengers and crew members. Air's domestic airliner crashed.

It was a Fokker 100 that crashed immediately after taking off from Almaty to the capital, Nur-Sultan, and it was said that nine people had been killed.

The airliner hits a two-story building near the airport, and on-site rescue efforts continue for passengers and those who were near the broken building.

The Japanese Embassy in Kazakhstan is checking to see if any Japanese passengers were on board.