25 Survivors Reported In Kazakhstan Plane Crash

25 Survivors Reported In Kazakhstan Plane Crash

Authorities revealed that a passenger plane carrying 67 people crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning after colliding with birds while traveling from Azerbaijan to Russia.The Azerbaijan Airlines flight, which crashed near Aktau, a city in southwestern Kazakhstan, had 62 passengers and 5 crew members on board, Kazakhstan’s emergencies ministry said in a post on Telegram. It said that there were “25 survivors, 22 of whom were taken to hospital.”Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported that the passengers: were 37 Azerbaijani citizens, 16 Russians, 6 Kazakh citizens, and 3 Kyrgyz citizens, citing the Kazakh Ministry of Transport.The flight was en route from Baku, the...

Richard Perry, Record Producer Behind ‘You’re So Vain’ And Other Hits, Dies At 82

Richard Perry, Record Producer Behind ‘You’re So Vain’ And Other Hits, Dies At 82

Richard Perry, a hitmaking record producer with a flair for both standards and contemporary sounds whose many successes included Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” Rod Stewart’s “The Great American Songbook” series and a Ringo Starr album featuring all four Beatles, died Tuesday. He was 82.Perry, a recipient of a Grammys Trustee Award in 2015, died at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering cardiac arrest, friend Daphna Kastner said.“He maximized his time here,” said Kastner, who called him a “father friend” and said he was godfather to her son. “He was generous, fun, sweet and made the world a better place. The world is a...