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| Emergencies Ministry vehicles and ambulances are parked near the site of the plane crash outside Almaty January 29, 2013. |
A passenger plane crashed in thick fog near Kazakhstan's commercial capital Almaty on Tuesday and broke into pieces when it hit the ground, killing all 21 people on board.
After several hours, rescue teams recovered the plane's flight recorder, the central communications service for Kazakhstan's president said on its Twitter page.
