A plane crash in Kazakhstan left dozens dead but 25 survived, officials say

An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane flying from Kazakhstan's capital, Baku, to Grozny, Russia crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan, the Kazakh transport ministry said.

The country's emergency ministry said there were 62 passengers and five crew members on board and that 25 people survived. Twenty-two were in the hospital, the ministry said.

Azerbaijan Airlines, that country's flag carrier, said the Embraer 190 “made an emergency landing” about two miles from Aktau, an oil and gas center on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea.

Crews put out a fire at the site, the emergency ministry said.