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A Kazakhstan plane with 100 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday, killing at least 14 people while at least 35 others survived with injuries, officials in Almaty said. The Bek Air aircraft hit a concrete fence and a two-story building after takeoff from Almaty International Airport. It said the plane lost attitude at 7:22 a.m. (0122 GMT). In a statement on its Facebook page, the airport said there was no fire and a rescue operation got underway immediately following the crash. Let us take a look at some of the images from the crash site:
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The plane was flying to Nur-Sultan, the country's capital formerly known as Astana. (AP Photo)
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The aircraft was identified as a Fokker-100, a medium-sized, twin-turbofan jet airliner. (AP Photo)
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The Fokker 100 aircraft heading for the capital Nur-Sultan on a pre-dawn flight "lost altitude during takeoff and broke through a concrete fence. (AP Photo)
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A survivor told news website Tengrinews she heard a "terrifying sound" before the plane started losing altitude. (Reuters Photo)
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The survivor told the plane was flying with a tilt. Everything was like in a movie: screaming, shouting, people crying.(Reuters Photo)
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Another survivor, businessman Aslan Nazaraliyev, told the Vremya newspaper the plane started shaking while gaining altitude about two minutes after takeoff. (AP Photo)
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The crash site in Almerek village – just beyond the end of the runway – has been cordoned off. (AP Photo)
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At least 15 people were killed, and 66 were taken to hospital, including some in grave condition, municipal authorities said. (AP Photo)
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A Reuters reporter travelling to the airport soon after the crash said there was thick fog in the area. (Reuters Photo)
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A Reuters reporter saw the plane torn into two parts next to a house half-demolished by the impact. Other planes could be seen taking off from the airport. (Reuters Photo)
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The company manufacturing the aircraft went bankrupt in 1996 and the production of the Fokker-100 stopped the following year. (Reuters Photo)
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Authorities have not suggested any possible cause of the accident. The aviation committee said it was suspending all flights by carrier Bek Air and those of Fokker 100 aircraft pending an investigation. (Reuters Photo)
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Bek Air, which operates a fleet of Fokker 100 jets, said in a statement it was awaiting official information from the investigators working at the crash site. (Reuters Photo)
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Emergency and security personnel are seen at the site of the plane crash near Almaty, Kazakhstan, December 27, 2019. Emergency Committee of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan's interior ministry said it was investigating a possible breach of flight operations and safety rules. (Reuters Photo)
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