Kazakhstan, a plane crashes with 100 people on board

The provisional toll of the crash in Kazakhstan of 12 planes, with 100 people on board, shortly after taking off from Almaty is 12 dead and 60 injured.

95 passengers and 5 crew members traveled on the aircraft bound for the capital Nur-Sultan (ex Astana).

The Bek Air plane lost altitude at 7:22 am local time (2:22 am in Italy), before hitting a concrete barrier and crashing into a two-story building.

The aircraft has been identified as a Fokker-100, a medium-sized twin-turbine airliner.

All Bek Air and Fokker-100 flights to Kazakhstan have been suspended pending investigation of the accident, the country's authorities said.