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Kazakh plane makes emergency landing

Kazakhstan Materials 1 August 2009 21:32 (UTC +04:00)

A Kazakh airplane with 79 people on board made an emergency landing on Friday due to brake failure, the country's emergency authorities said Saturday, Xinhua reported.
  

The authorities reported that no one was injured.
  

The Air Astana plane originally planned to fly from Almaty, the country's largest city, to the northeastern city of Pavlodar, according to the authorities.
  

However, the plane made an emergency landing in Astana airport at 10:41 a.m. local time (0441 GMT) as there was something wrong with the plane's brake system, the authorities said.
  

There were 72 passengers and 7 crew members aboard the plane.

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