ANKARA, December 28. /TASS/. A delegation of specialists from Turkey’s Transport and Infrastructure Ministry will participate in investigating the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) passenger plane crash near the Kazakh city of Aktau, Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said.

"At the request of the State Civil Aviation Authority of Azerbaijan we have set up an expert commission consisting of eight people for investigating into reasons of the crash, carrying out technical and exploitation expert examination, as well as providing necessary support. Our delegation will be working in coordination with Azerbaijan’s authorities <...> to explore all aspects of the incident within their competence," the minister said on his page on X social media.

The Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190, en route from Baku to Grozny, crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25. The plane carried 67 people, including 62 passengers, mostly citizens of Azerbaijan, as well as nationals of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and five crew members. According to the latest reports, 38 people, including seven Russians, were killed, while 29 others survived. A special flight sent by Russia’s Emergencies Ministry has transported nine Russian nationals, including a child, who were injured in the crash, from Aktau.