Plane crashes into building after takeoff in Kazakhstan, killing 15 on board and injuring 66

Devastation was unleashed upon the 98 people on board the Fokker-100, a twin-turbofan jet airliner, which hit a concrete fence and a building shortly after takeoff.
Police guard the site as rescuers work beside the plane that crashed near the Almaty International Airport, Kazakhstan, on December 27. The plane with 98 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 15 people on board and injuring 66. (Photo | AP)
Police guard the site as rescuers work beside the plane that crashed near the Almaty International Airport, Kazakhstan, on December 27. The plane with 98 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 15 people on board and injuring 66. (Photo | AP)
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)

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