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AZAL plane that crashed in Kazakhstan was deemed airworthy in 2024

Its certificate of airworthiness was issued on July 16, 2013 by Azerbaijan’s civil aviation authority, and was extended on October 18, 2024

ASTANA, February 5. /TASS/. The Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) passenger plane that crashed near the airport of Kazakhstan’s Aktau earlier this year, was deemed airworthy in October 2024, the Transport Ministry of Kazakhstan said in its preliminary report.

The document says that the plane was manufactured by Embraer in June 2013. Its certificate of airworthiness was issued on July 16, 2013 by Azerbaijan’s civil aviation authority, and was extended on October 18, 2024, the report says.

Kazakhstan’s findings also reveal that the pilot-in-command and the rest of the crew performed all pre-flight check-ups in full. Before the departure, the plane was serviced by technical personnel of the Silk Way Technics company.

The pilot-in-command had over 15,000 hours of flight experience, his co-pilot - 828 hours.

An Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 plane headed from Baku to Grozny crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, killing 38 people. The aircraft carried 62 passengers and five crew members. The people aboard included citizens of Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.