Passenger airliner crashes in ex-Soviet country (VIDEO)

The plane was reportedly en route from Azerbaijan to Russia when it went down near the Kazakh city of Aktau

A passenger plane has crashed near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, according to local media, which has released a video of the incident. The number of casualties is still unclear, with officials yet to comment on the crash.

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