“Today (January 28. - RT ) the second pilot of the crashing Bek Air plane died. At 18:00 (15:00 Moscow time. - RT ), the ambulance service received a call about a sharp deterioration, ”the representative of the RIA Novosti press service quotes.
She emphasized that the doctors arrived on time, but, despite the resuscitation measures taken to restore cardiac activity, the man died.
According to the Almaty city health department, the co-pilot was discharged from the hospital on January 21 in a stable condition and was under the supervision of a cardiologist, surgeon, therapist and psychologist at the place of residence.
On December 27, a plane of Bek Air airline, in which there were 95 passengers and five crew members, lost its altitude when taking off from Almaty airport and collided with a two-story building. As a result of the accident, 12 people were killed, including the aircraft commander, and about 50 were injured.
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar said that the main cause of the crash in Almaty could be icing the plane.
In the hospitals of Alma-Ata and Nur-Sultan, nine victims of the plane crash remain.