A passenger onboard an Azerbaijan Airlines airplane that crashed in Kazakhstan has shared the last moments of the aircraft before it went down leaving dozens dead. An Embraer 190 passenger plane belonging to Azerbaijan Airlines morning crashed on December 25 with 62 passengers and 5 crew members on board.

Mobile phone footage circulating online appeared to show the Azerbaijani Airlines plane making a steep descent before slamming into the ground in a fireball in western Kazakhstan.

An Azerbaijan Airlines flight travelling from Baku to Grozny has crashed in Kazakhstan with nearly 70 passengers onboard. Several survivors are in a critical condition. Source: Radio Liberty's Kazakhstan service;

The Embraer 190 aircraft made an emergency landing 3 km from the city, Azerbaijan Airlines said earlier. Kazakhstan's Emergency Ministry initially said 25 people survived the crash, later revising that number to 27, 28, and then 29 as the search and rescue operation continued at the site of the crash, bringing the supposed death toll down.

The number of people hospitalized after the crash of the Baku —Grozny plane in Aktau has increased to 27, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan reported.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 25. A passenger plane, an "Embraer 190" operating the Baku-Grozny flight, was diverted to Makhachkala and then to Aktau due to fog in the capital of Russia's Chechnya before crash, Trend reports via Russian media.

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

An Azerbaijan Airlines flight carrying 67 people from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed in Kazakhstan. NBC News' Kelly Cobiella reports what is known about the number of survivors so far.