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14 confirmed dead in Kazakhstan plane crash: govt

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, Dec 27, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – At least 14 people died when a
passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Almaty airport in
Kazakhstan, the government said Friday.

“There are 14 dead at the (crash) site,” Almaty city government said in a
statement via its official channel on the Telegram messenger app.

It added that a further 17 patients were being treated in hospital in a
“serious condition”.

BSS/AFP/RY/11:54 hrs