Kazakhstan has observed a day of mourning after a plane crashed just after take-off on Friday and killed 12 people, including the pilot.
The government in the Central Asian country called on the media to refrain from broadcasting all forms of entertainment on Saturday, according to Kazakh media.
The Fokker 100 aircraft, operated by Kazakh airline Bek Air, broke through a concrete wall before hitting a two-storey residential building in the country's commercial centre, Almaty.
Authorities grounded other Fokker 100 planes in the country.
Rescuers work at the site of an airplane crash near Almaty airport. Source: EPA
Investigators are focusing on whether the accident was caused by pilot error or a technical fault.
"The plane tilted to the left, then to the right, then it started shaking while still trying to gain altitude," businessman Aslan Nazaraliyev, who survived the crash, told Reuters.
Investigators found scratch marks on the runway.
"Before crashing, the aircraft touched the runway with its tail twice, the gear was retracted," Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar told reporters.
"A commission ... will establish whether this was pilot error or technical issues. The runway was in an ideal condition."
Most passengers aboard survived the crash, with Kazakhstan's deputy health minister saying 67 people were injured and 47 were still being treated in hospitals in Almaty, in the country's south.
Flowers were delivered to Kazakhstan's Embassy in Moscow, in memory of the victims of a plane crash near Almaty Airport. Source: TASS
Eight of those being treated are seriously injured, and several emergency operations were necessary, the minister said in comments broadcast on Kazakh television.
Kazakh authorities said four foreigners on board survived the crash - two from Ukraine and one each from China and Kyrgyzstan.
The plane was flying from Almaty to Nursultan, Kazakhstan's capital city, which was formerly known as Astana.
It was the worst aircraft accident in years in the oil-rich ex-Soviet republic.
