A passenger plane flying from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to the capital of the Russian autonomous republic of Chechnya - Grozny, crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau, Reuters and TASS reported.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan has confirmed the plane's route, BTA reported.
According to the first information provided by the Kazakh authorities, there are survivors of the people who were on board the plane, Reuters specifies.
Aktau is a port city on the Caspian Sea.