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facebook.com/aslan.nazaraliyev
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«I thought of my children»: Aslan Nazaraliyev on the moment of fear of death when falling.
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facebook.com/aslan.nazaraliyev
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The businessman posted a photo on Facebook, marking the spot where he had been on the plane.
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AFP
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The Fokker 100 machine was traveling towards the Kazakh capital Nursultan.
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Almaty is the largest city in the former Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan.
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jetphotos.com
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The crashed twin-engine Fokker 100 is a machine from the Kazakh airline Bek Air.
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After the plane crash in the Kazakh city of Almaty the country mourns the death of twelve. The drama would almost have been fatal for him: businessman Aslan Nazaraliyev (34) was in 15C near the emergency exit. Up to row 14, the Fokker 100 was completely destroyed.
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The aircraft of the Kazakh airline Bek Air was launched on Friday shortly after 7 a.m. with 93 passengers and five crew members on board at Almaty airport. Nazaraliyev, who was on a business trip, immediately noticed that something was wrong. “I felt that the machine was taking off,” says the businessman “Image”, “Then she started lurching like a boat.”
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video-wrapper video-wrapper--inline">video-placeholder">He had heard the turbines getting louder: “I think the pilots gave the thrust. The lurch became more intense – as if there was no longer any control over the aircraft. »Then the machine hit the ground.
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Cracked into the house
The plane broke through a concrete wall and finally came to a halt in a house. “I was thinking about my children,” says Nazaraliyev about the moment of mortal fear. “I think debris dented the plane roof.”
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The machine broke into several parts. The businessman was miraculously unharmed. He could get to a wing of the machine through the emergency exit. “There was panic everywhere, people cried for help,” Nazaraliyev describes the situation after the crash.
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The businessman posted a photo on Facebook, where he marked the place where he had been sitting on the plane. The machine broke apart right next to it. “Thank God I’m alive and well,” Nazaraliyev wrote.
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Ten injured in critical condition
Any help came too late for the pilot of the machine and eleven other occupants. 60 people were seriously injured. Ten of them are in critical condition.
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The airline Bek Air had to temporarily suspend its flight operations on the orders of the authorities. Flights with Fokker 100 aircraft are also prohibited until the cause of the accident has been clarified.
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The Friday crash is the worst plane crash in years in the oil-rich steppe state. The Kazakh government declared Saturday a national day of mourning. The media were asked to refrain from any form of entertainment program. (Noo)
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