The plane crash near Aktau has claimed 38 confirmed fatalities, according to Kazakhstan transport minister Marat Karabayev, Azerbaijan State News Agency (Azertac) reported.

“There were 67 people on board – 62 passengers and five crew members. Unfortunately, 38 people died, and 29 survived,” Karabayev stated during a briefing in Aktau.

Among the victims, 23 of the 37 Azerbaijani citizens on board died,...