Kazakh residents initiate memorial for victims of AZAL plane crash in Aktau

[ad_1] BAKU, Azerbaijan, Could 24. In a heartfelt initiative led by native residents, a memorial web site is being established in Kazakhstan’s Aktau to commemorate those that misplaced their lives within the tragic AZAL airplane crash, Pattern experiences.

Stories from Kazakhstan’s media and social platforms present that the memorial space now options benches, fencing, and freshly planted flowers, making a quiet house for reflection and remembrance.

A video circulating on social media captures the continued efforts, with the creator of the footage describing the undertaking as “a correct and humane act,” offering the group a spot to pay tribute.

Officers quoted by native information retailers confirmed that the memorial was constructed fully via the non-public efforts of the metropolis’s residents as a tribute to those that perished within the catastrophe.

The passenger plane “Embraer 190-100 IGW”, registered within the state register underneath the quantity 4K-AZ65 and owned by Azerbaijan Airways CJSC (“AZAL”), performing common flight J2-8243 from Baku (Republic of Azerbaijan) to Grozny (Russian Federation), crashed on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan close to Aktau airport on December 25, 2024. Following the accident, two crew members (the captain and co-pilot), a senior flight attendant, and 35 passengers have been killed. Regardless of the lack of life and accidents, because of the professionalism, braveness, and bravado of the pilots and flight attendants, the airplane made an emergency touchdown, which saved the lives of 29 individuals.

The preliminary report, which was revealed by the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan, confirms the next details:

1. The passenger plane Embraer 190-100 IGW, registered underneath the quantity 4K-AZ65 and owned by Azerbaijan Airways CJSC (AZAL), performing common flight J2-8243 from Baku, Azerbaijan Republic, to Grozny, Russian Federation, was in totally airworthy situation from the second the flight began on the path to Grozny. This knowledge on the airworthiness of the plane, together with the operation of its management programs, was confirmed by FDR knowledge.

(2) Each engines of the plane have been working with out technical issues as much as the time of the accident. This data was additionally confirmed by the FDR knowledge.

3. The plane misplaced GPS indicators whereas flying within the airspace of the Russian Federation, together with over Grozny Airport;

4. Owing to unfavorable climate circumstances over Grozny, the plane was unable to make a second touchdown method, after which the captain determined to return to Baku. Following this determination over Grozny, two exterior sounds have been recorded within the CVR with an interval of 24 seconds;

5. Comparability of CVR and FDR knowledge confirmed that the third hydraulic system failed 4 seconds after the primary exterior sound, the first hydraulic system failed 6 seconds later, and the 2nd hydraulic system failed 21 seconds later;

6. Quite a few blind spots and thru harm have been discovered within the fuselage, documented via images and video recordings. These damages have been discovered within the rear of the fuselage, the huge majority of which have been on the vertical and horizontal stabilizers, in addition to the left wing and left engine.

7. Info was offered that the harm discovered within the plane fuselage was attributable to exterior objects. The preliminary report doesn't comprise data that there are any details indicating that the plane collided with birds.

8. The international objects discovered within the fuselage blind fractures that didn't belong to the plane have been eliminated; their images are made out there to the general public within the textual content of the preliminary report. Extra knowledgeable examinations are deliberate sooner or later to decide the precise id of the international objects discovered.

9. At 05:13:32, the plane's essential management programs failed; at 05:21:42, the liaison dispatcher knowledgeable Grozny of Operation Carpet;

10. There isn't a data containing the actual fact of oxygen cylinder explosion.

In accordance with the necessities of the ICAO Chicago Conference, following the preliminary report, a closing report on the causes of the crash must be ready inside one yr from the date of the accident. The work on the preparation of the ultimate report has already been began by the Republic of Kazakhstan and different states collaborating within the investigation.