SCAT airlines plane reported to be carrying 20 passengers and crew has crashed near Almaty, Kazakhstan.

All 20 people – 15 passengers and five crew – on board were killed, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported, quoting SCAT airlines.

The accident reportedly happened near Almaty, the financial capital of the Central Asian country, close to the border with neighbouring Kyrgyzstan.

The plane had been en route from the city of Kokshetau in northern Kazakhstan to the southeast city when it crashed near the village of Kyzyl Tu, Interfax said.

There was thick fog in the area.

SCAT is based in Kazakhstan and operates extensive domestic services and some international flights.

The type of plane involved in the crash is not yet known; SCAT flies Boeing 757s and 737s, along with the Yak-42 and the An-24, according to reports.

It was the second plane crash in the former Soviet republic in just a over a month.

A military transport airplane crashed in bad weather near the southern Kazakh city of Shymkent on December 25, killing all 27 people on board.

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