Many were feared dead after an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that was en route to Grozny in Russia crashed in Kazakhstan's Aktau on Christmas day

Many were feared dead after an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that was en route to Grozny in Russia crashed in Kazakhstan's Aktau on Christmas day

Many were feared dead after an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that was en route to Grozny in Russia crashed in Kazakhstan's Aktau on Christmas day

An Azerbaijan Airlines plane that was en route to Grozny in Russia's Chechnya from Baku crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, reports said. Several people are feared to have lost their lives in the plane crash reported in Kazakhstan's Aktau region. 

Kazakhstan's Emergencies Ministry has confirmed the plane crash, Russian media reports said, adding that the ill-fated Azerbaijan Airlines plane was rerouted due to fog in Grozny.

Several videos of the plane accident have surfaced on the internet. THE WEEK couldn't independently verify the authenticity of these videos which showed a blue-coloured passenger aircraft descending at an unnatural speed before crashing and bursting into flames in an isolated arid area.