Harrowing footage in Azerbaijan Airlines plane seconds before crash shows horror extent of damage
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A video message recorded by a scared passenger and sent to his wife during a plane crash has revealed the terror inside the doomed jet. In the phone footage passengers appear to know the aircraft is going down, as some can be heard praying, while others are seen panicking. Oxygen masks can be seen hanging from above the seats and men can be seen standing in the aisle.
The clip also shows part of the plane's interior hanging off and a deflated yellow life jacket is thrown over another chair. The footage ends with debris everywhere after what appears to have been a crash landing. One man is trying to escape through an open broken window, while others appear to be pinned to their seats.
The doomed Azerbaijan Airlines jet hit the ground and burst into a fireball in Aktau, Kazakhstan in a Christmas Day disaster. The Embraer E190AR sent a distress signal following a collision with a bird as it had intended to reach Grozny in Russia. There were at least 32 survivors, although 38 people are confirmed to have died in the smash, according to Kazakhstan Health Minister Akmaral Alnazarova. Seven of the survivors, including two girls aged 11 and 16, are said to be in critical condition.
The pilot tried to bring the jet down safely when he reported a bird strike after being diverted from his original destination due to thick fog. But the plane came down two miles from an airport and the fuselage split, part of it bursting into burst into flames. Videos of stunned passengers climbing from the wreckage were posted online.
