AKIPRESS.COM - At least 38 people were killed on January 16 morning after the Turkish cargo plane crashed into the village near Manas airport. The plane, traveling from Hong Kong to Istanbul, was scheduled for a stopover at the Manas airport.
Dozens of homes were destroyed completely.
Four pupils of the At-Bashy secondary school were among 17 children killed in the Turkish cargo plane crash on January 16.
Aibolot Osmonov (4th grade), his younger sister Ayana Osmonova (2nd grade) died along with their mom:
Brothers Timur Maksatov (5th grade) and Shayirbek uulu Aibol (4th grade) were killed in the accident:
Their sister Aijamal Orozbayeva, who planned to get married the next month, was also killed by the plane that crashed into their home:
First grader Sultan Abakirov left home early in the morning that day to come back to find out he lost his mom, dad, brother and sister.
Another schoolboy Jakshylyk Sheraliyev lost his parents and two sisters in the catastrophe.
School principal Marjan Iskakova commented to AKIpress that the children at the school burst into tears when found out that their classmates were among the plane crash victims.
89 children from the Dachi SU village that was hit by plane attended the At-Bashy secondary school.
Humanitarian aid reception point was launched at the school, she added.