Flight Z92100 had not long taken off from Almaty – Kazakhstan’s largest city – headed for the country’s capital Nur-Sultan when it crashed, BBC News reports. The cause has not yet been determined.
Kazakhstan’s Civil Aviation Committee said the Fokker 100 aircraft lost height at 07.22am (1.22am GMT), before hitting a concrete barrier and crashing into a two-storey building.
There were 100 passenger and crew onboard.
The interior ministry has reported at least 12 dead, and there are about 60 people being treated in hospital.
