The search and rescue efforts at the site where an Azerbaijan passenger plane crashed in Kazakhstan are basically over.
Kazakhstan dispatched over 480 personnel, 97 units of equipment, two aircraft and sniffer dogs to conduct the search and rescue around the clock, said the country's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) on Wednesday.
The Embraer 190 aircraft operated by Azerbaijan Airlines with flight number J2-8243 from Baku to Grozny crashed near Aktau Airport in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
Of all the 67 people on board, 38 were killed in the crash, and 29 survivors including two children were pulled from the wreckage, Kazakh authorities said on Wednesday.
The identification of the bodies of the victims is underway, with seven bodies identified so far.
A relative of a missing passenger told the China Global Television Network (CGTN) that his cousin's whereabouts remains unknown.
"I am Sultan Duniyev, the cousin of Mustafayev Faiq Ajdar Oglu. His father saw him off at 07:30 in the morning. At 10:30, we received information that the plane had crashed. Since then, we have had no news about him -- whether he is alive, injured, or deceased. We have come here with the hope that he is alive," he said.
According to Azerbaijan Airlines, among all the 67 people on board, 62 were passengers and five were crew members.
Kazakh media reports showed that the passengers on board included 37 citizens from Azerbaijan, 16 from Russia, six from Kazakhstan, and three from Kyrgyzstan.
Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash rescue basically over in Kazakhstan
