A year after the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash near the Kazakh city of Aktau, residents and first responders alike still think of the day when 38 people lost their lives.
On 25 December 2024 at 11 am Astana time (7 am CET), Aktau airport air traffic control reported that an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet flying from Baku to Grozny had declared an emergency and requested to land at the airport.