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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50922219

Youtube video

The Bek Air plane was flying from Almaty - Kazakhstan's largest city - to the capital Nur-Sultan when it smashed into a building just after take-off.

The Fokker aircraft had 100 passenger and crew on board. Survivors described walking from the wreckage into the dark and snow.

About 60 are being treated in hospital. The cause of the crash is unclear.

A Reuters reporter close to the scene said there was heavy fog at the time.

There has been conflicting information about the death toll. The interior ministry initially said 15 people had been killed, but it later published a list of victims that mentioned only 12 dead - including the captain.

What's known about the crash?

The Fokker 100 plane was carrying 95 passengers - including eight children - as well as five crew, the interior ministry said.

The Flightradar24 information website said the flight departed at 01:21 GMT, and "the last signal was received in that same minute".

The airport said the plane lost height at 07:22 local time (01:22 GMT), before striking a concrete barrier and crashing into a two-storey building.

There was no fire upon impact.

Maral Erman, one of the survivors, said the plane was shaking during take-off, Tengri News website reports. She said it first felt as if the plane had landed, but in fact "we hit something".

"There wasn't much chaos on board," she said. "There were no screaming." Ms Erman said the crew opened the exit for passengers to get out of the aircraft.

She added that she later saw the plane had "split in half".

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https://www.inform.kz/en/president-t...rning_a3598991

President Tokayev has declared tomorrow (december 28) a national day of mourning for Kazakhstan

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some pictures from the accident site

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straight into a building, poor souls

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Bek Air is basically one of kazakhstan's most used national airlines (basically going to every city there)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bek_Air

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https://www.flightglobal.com/news/be...135945.article

all of Bek Air planes grounded

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a survivor from the plane Aslan Nazarliev stated he had seen ''ice on the wings''

''when we took off, the plane began to shake very hard and i knew it was going to fall

all the people who stepped on the wing fell, because there was ice''

''i cannot say that [before taking off] the Wings were not sprayed with antifreeze, but the fact is that there was ice''