Kazakh officials investigating causes of deadly plane crash

Technical failure, pilot error and weather conditions are being considered as possible causes of the plane crash in which 12 people were killed and more than 50 injured, officials in Kazakhstan said Saturday. A Bek Air jet, identified as a 23-year-old Fokker 100, crashed Friday morning, several minutes after departing from the airport of Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city and former capital. Residents of Almaty were continuing to bring flowers and candles to a makeshift memorial near the airport