Plane crashes after takeoff in Kazakhstan, 12 dead, dozens injured
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A passenger plane carrying nearly 100 people crashed near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan on Friday after takeoff, slamming into a house in an accident that killed 12 people and injured dozens.
Almaty International Airport said a Bek Air plane crashed Friday in Kazakhstan shortly after takeoff causing numerous deaths. The aircraft had 100 passengers and crew onboard when hit a concrete fence and a two-story building shortly after takeoff. (Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan photo via AP)
Rescuers assist on the site of a plane which crashed near Almaty International Airport, outside Almaty, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. (AP)
In this photo provided by the Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, police and rescuers work on the side of a plane crashed near Almaty International Airport. (AP)
In this handout photo provided by the Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, police and rescuers work on the site of a plane crash near Almaty International Airport, outside Almaty, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. (Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan photo via AP)
The aircraft had 100 passengers and crew onboard when hit a concrete fence and a two-story building shortly after takeoff. (Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan photo via AP)
Police and rescuers work on the side of a plane crash near Almaty International Airport. (Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan photo via AP)
<br data-cke-eol="1"> The plane was flying to Nur-Sultan, the country's capital formerly known as Astana. (Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan photo via AP)
Police stand guard as rescuers assist on the site of a plane crash near Almaty International Airport, outside Almaty, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov)
Police stand guard as rescuers assist on the site of a plane crashed near Almaty International Airport, outside Almaty, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov)
Police guard as rescuers work on the side of the plane. (AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov)
The Kazakhstan plane with 100 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday. (AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov)
In this Jan. 22, 1995, file photo, an employee of aircraft builder Fokker works in the nose of a Fokker-100 jet at the company's Amsterdam-Schiphol facility. (AP Photo, File)