Inferno: Gruesome video shows aftermath of cargo plane crash near Bishkek

16 Jan, 2017 09:46 / Updated 7 years ago

Wreckage engulfed in flames and heavy plumes of smoke – gruesome video shows the aftermath of cargo plane crash near Bishkek. At least 32 people were killed when the jet belonging to Turkish MyCargo Airlines crashed into a residential neighborhood.

Later, drone footage of the crash site emerged. The video shows the smoldering wreckage of the plane scattered across the territory of the devastated neighborhood alongside the ruins of the buildings destroyed in the crash.

The crash injured 15 people, six of them children, according to Kyrgyz health officials.

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The government press service of Kyrgyzstan said, at least 32 residential buildings were destroyed in the crash.

Emergency Services personnel are currently searching the site for black boxes from the crashed jet.