A major rescue operation is currently underway.
Stricken passengers took to social media in the immediate aftermath of the disaster pleading for help, saying the ambulances had not yet arrived.
Police stand guard as rescuers assist at the site of a plane crashed near Almaty International Airport Footage showed the front of the broken-up fuselage rammed a house and the rear of the plane lying in the field next to the airport.
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