Passenger plane crashes near Kazakh city of Almaty

A passenger plane has crashed near Kazakhstan's commercial capital, Almaty, killing at least 20 people, officials say.

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 13:00 (07:00 GMT) on approach to Almaty's airport.

Last month, a military plane carrying top Kazakh security officials crashed, killing all 27 people on board.
  According to preliminary information there are no survivors," Scat said on Tuesday in a statement quoted by the Interfax news agency.