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#SouthCaucasus “an oxygen tank in the passenger cabin had exploded, passengers had lost consciousness … The crew made two attempts to land on the runway, but lost altitude and stability.” Azerbaijani plane that crashed near Aktau lost control systems before entering Kazakh airspace https://t.co/cEHnFpyjKV “At 10.53 a.m., the Rostov flight director informed Aktau’s flight manager that an oxygen tank in the passenger cabin had exploded, passengers had lost consciousness and medical intervention was requested upon landing,” he said. Emergency teams were promptly mobilized at Aktau Airport, he added. “At 11.02 a.m., the pilots contacted Aktau Airport’s air traffic control tower.” “The air traf