Passenger plane crashes near Kazakh city of Almaty killing 20

At least 20 people are feared dead after a passenger plane crashed near Kazakhstan's commercial capital, Almaty.

The CRJ-200 aircraft was travelling from the northern town of Kokshetau.
Kazakhstan's Scat airlines said it believed everyone on board died when it crashed in heavy fog at 1300 local time (0700GMT) on approach to Almaty, Reuters reports.

Last month a military plane carrying top Kazakh security officials crashed, killing all 27 on board.

"According to preliminary information there are no survivors," the airline said on Tuesday in a statement quoted by the Interfax news agency.

The statement added that 20 people were on board the aircraft.

Earlier reports quoted officials as saying that 21 people - 15 passengers and six crew members - were on the plane.