Investigators have identified one of the two surviving women from the Aktau plane crash as a citizen of Azerbaijan, while the identity of the second woman remains unknown.

Tengrinews.kz - On December 25, a passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines, flight AHY8243, crashed on the Baku-Grozny route. Azerbaijani media reports on the heroism of the crew, thanks to which it was possible to save people's lives.

Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 had flown hundreds of miles off its scheduled route from Azerbaijan to Russia to crash on the opposite shore of the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan. A Kazakh official said 38 people had been killed,

Russia launched a huge Christmas Day attack on Ukraine with cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as drones. The Russian attack wounded at least six people in the northeastern city of Kharkiv and killed one in the region of Dnipropetrovsk, the governors there said.

Flight was operating in an area where Moscow’s air defenses have battled Ukrainian drones in recent weeks.

Several passenger plane crashes have occurred worldwide this year, including a Wednesday morning Azerbaijan Airlines wreck that has left dozens feared dead.

A passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia with 67 people on board crashed in Kazakhstan Wednesday, authorities said.

The death toll has risen to 38 after an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashed near Kazakhstan's Aktau city on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reported.The plane, which had 62 passengers and five crew members on board,

Tengrinews.kz - Dismantling of the structure has begun of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane, which crashed on December 25 in Aktau, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

The Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet was en route from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny in Russia. The plane went down near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after being diverted due to fog. There were 62 passengers and five crew members on board the plane, Kazakhstan's transport ministry said.

A passenger plane, on way to Russia carrying 67, has crashed near Kazakhstan’s Aktau; many passengers are feared dead. Stay tuned for Kazakhstan Plane Crash LIVE Updates