A passenger plane crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday, local authorities said, without specifying the number of people on board.

A passenger plane crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday and initial reports suggested there were survivors, the Central Asian country's Emergencies Ministry said in a statement. The ministry said emergency services were trying to put out a fire at the crash site.

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane, which crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, had reportedly requested an emergency landing before the incident.

The flight was en route from Baku in Azerbaijan to Grozny in Russia, but was rerouted due to fog. As per Kazakh authorities, there is a chance of some survivors.

A passenger plane with 110 people on board crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday. The Central Asian country's authorities informed that there were six survivors, Reuters reported. Emergency services are currently working to extinguish a fire at the crash site.

In a tragic incident, an Azerbaijan Airlines plane carrying over 100 passengers crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday