At least seven dead when jet with 100 people on board crashes after takeoff in Kazakhstan

At least seven dead after passenger jet with 100 people on board crashes into a building shortly after takeoff from Almaty Airport in Kazakhstan

  • At least seven people were reported dead after a passenger jet crashed after takeoff from an airport in Kazakhstan on Friday
  • The Bek Air aircraft with 100 on board left the airport at Almaty, Kazakhstan’s biggest city, on Friday morning local time
  • The plane was reported to have smashed through a concrete fence and then into a small building immediately after takeoff
  • WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT 

At least seven people were reported dead after a passenger jet crashed after takeoff from an airport in Kazakhstan on Friday.

The Bek Air flight with 100 on board went down shortly after take off from the airport in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, Friday morning reports the BBC.

Seven deaths have been confirmed, the BBC reports.

 

At least seven people were reported dead after a passenger jet crashed after takeoff from an airport in Kazakhstan on Friday. The plane (pictured) was reported to have smashed through a concrete fence and then into a small building immediately after takeoff.

The plane was reported to have smashed through a concrete fence and then into a small building immediately after takeoff.  

Footage of the crash scene show the fuselage partially broken up in the ruins of the building struck.

Footage of the crash scene show the fuselage partially broken up in the ruins of the building struck.

Footage of the crash scene show the fuselage partially broken up in the ruins of the building that was struck. 

People can be heard calling for help in videos of the crash site posted online. 

Some of the footage also shows what appear to be bodies in the wreckage.

Emergency service personnel have rushed to the scene to search through the rubble for survivors. 

An image of the wreckage posted in video footage by @Breaking911 on Twitter shows what appear to be bodies in the wreckage

An image of the wreckage posted in video footage by @Breaking911 on Twitter shows what appear to be bodies in the wreckage

First responders search for survivors in the wreckage of the plane where it struck a small building after take off from the airport in

First responders search for survivors in the wreckage of the plane where it struck a small building after take off from the airport in 

The plane was en route from Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, to the country’s capital of Nursultan. 

 

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