Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has offered her sympathies to the families of the people killed in the Kazakhstan plane crash.
Salome Zurabishvili has posted her statement on twitter:
"The plane crash in Kazakhstan is a real tragedy. We are grieving the dead and offering our condolences to their families. In these rough times, Georgia is standing by Kazakhstan," the President's statement reads.
According to Accuweather, a plane carrying 93 passengers and five crew members crashed in frigid and foggy Almaty, Kazakhstan, early Friday morning, local time, killing at least 12 people.
The accident happened around 7:22 a.m. when the plane lost altitude shortly after takeoff, then crashed through a concrete barrier and into a two-story building.
At least 12 people have been confirmed dead by officials, which is down from an earlier report of 15. Fifty people, including several children, were taken to nearby hospitals with various injuries -- 17 of those injured were described as being in an "extremely serious condition."
"Temperatures were in the lower teens F (minus 10-12 C) at the time of the accident, so if the plane was not properly deiced, this could have been a factor," AccuWeather Meteorologist Renee Duff said.
The plane, operated by Bek Air, was on its way from Almaty to the country's capital of Nur-Sultan when the tragedy occurred.
