Plane crashes into building after takeoff in Kazakhstan, killing 15 on board and injuring 66
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In a statement on its Facebook page, the airport said there was no fire and a rescue operation got underway immediately following the crash. (Photo | AP)The aircraft had almost 100 passengers and crew on board when it hit a concrete fence and a two-story building shortly after takeoff. (Photo | AP)In this handout photo provided by the Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, police and rescuers are seen working at the site of the crash. (Photo | Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, AP)Around 1,000 people were working at the snow-covered site of the crash. (Photo | Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, AP)Footage showed the front of the broken-up fuselage which had rammed into a house and the rear of the plane lying in the field next to the airport. (Photo | Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, AP)The aircraft was identified as a Fokker-100 -- a medium-sized, twin-turbofan jet airliner. The company manufacturing the aircraft went bankrupt in 1996 and the production of the Fokker-100 stopped the following year. (Photo | Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, AP)All Bek Air and Fokker-100 flights in Kazakhstan have been suspended pending an investigation into the crash. (Photo | Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, AP)
