Kazakh Foreign Ministry: No information on Kazakhstanis among passengers of crashed near Moscow An-148 so far
Kazakhstani diplomats study details.
Head of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Anuar Zhainakov said that there is no any information on Kazakhstan citizens among the passengers so far.
There is no any information on Kazakhstan citizens among the passengers of the crashed aircraft so far. Our diplomats study details in Russia," Anuar Zhainakov said.
We note that the passenger aircraft An-148 of the Saratov Airlines company disappeared from the radar and possibly felt sown in the Ramensky district near Moscow. The board of the aircraft included 71 people.
The representative of the Ministry of Emergency Situations o Russia informed that a group of rescuers was sent to the spot of the crushed aircraft.
At the same time, 26 flights were delayed and 14 were canceled at the airport of Moscow. Ain the aftermath of the record amount of snow, 6 flights were delayed, 3 canceled at the Vnukovo International Airport. At Domodedovo, 5 flights were delayed and 10 canceled. At Sheremetyevo 14 flights were delayed.
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