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- Analysis: How Kremlin disinformation could hide the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines crash CNN
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- Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck Azerbaijan plane that crashed: US official ABC News
- Azerbaijan probe finds Russian missile caused deadly crash, reports say Al Jazeera English
- Probe Points to Russian Air Defenses Causing Azerbaijan Airlines Crash The Wall Street Journal
- Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan “does not look like” bird strike as Russia suggested, experts say CBS News
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Day: December 26, 2024
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- Azerbaijan’s flag carrier suspends flights to more Russian cities following crash that killed 38 ABC News
- Black boxes of downed Azerbaijani jet recovered as questions mount over Russian involvement. Here’s what we know CNN
- Aviation experts say Russia’s air defense fire likely caused Azerbaijan plane crash as nation mourns The Associated Press
- Authorities investigate cause of Azerbaijan Airlines crash that killed 38 The Washington Post
- Azerbaijan Airlines Crash Investigators Focus on Russian Defenses as Possible Cause The New York Times
- Kremlin warns against speculation that Russia shot down Azerbaijan Airlines flight NBC News
- Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan “does not look like” bird strike as Russia suggested, experts say CBS News
- Azerbaijan probe finds Russian missile caused deadly crash, reports say Al Jazeera English
- Russian air-defense system downed Azerbaijan plane, sources say Reuters
- An oxygen tank on the Azerbaijan Airlines flight exploded before the crash, minister says Business Insider
- Black boxes of downed Azerbaijani jet recovered as questions mount over Russian involvement. Here’s what we know CNN
- Aviation experts say Russia’s air defense fire likely caused Azerbaijan plane crash as nation mourns The Associated Press
- Azerbaijan Airlines Crash Investigators Focus on Russian Defenses as Possible Cause The New York Times
- Authorities investigate cause of Azerbaijan Airlines crash that killed 38 The Washington Post
- Probe Points to Russian Air Defenses Causing Azerbaijan Airlines Crash The Wall Street Journal
- Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck Azerbaijan plane that crashed: US official ABC News
- Azerbaijan probe finds Russian missile caused deadly crash, reports say Al Jazeera English
- Russian air-defense system downed Azerbaijan plane, sources say Reuters
- An oxygen tank on the Azerbaijan Airlines flight exploded before the crash, minister says Business Insider
- Black boxes of downed Azerbaijani jet recovered as questions mount over Russian involvement. Here’s what we know CNN
- Aviation experts say Russia’s air defense fire likely caused Azerbaijan plane crash as nation mourns The Associated Press
- Authorities investigate cause of Azerbaijan Airlines crash that killed 38 The Washington Post
- Azerbaijan Airlines Crash Investigators Focus on Russian Defenses as Possible Cause The New York Times
- Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck Azerbaijan plane that crashed: US official ABC News
- Probe Points to Russian Air Defenses Causing Azerbaijan Airlines Crash The Wall Street Journal
Increasing analysis suggests Russian air defenses might have downed Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243, which crashed in a ball of fire near Aktau,Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning, killing 38 of 67 passengers and crew.
Increasing analysis suggests Russian air defenses might have downed Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243, which crashed in a ball of fire near Aktau,Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning, killing 38 of 67 passengers and crew.
Although the cause of the airliner’s deadly crash is officially undetermined, many sources now are suggesting a Russian air-defense system downed the aircraft after it diverted its route because of weather conditions, CNN, Euronews and The Guardian reported.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has dispatched medical teams and investigators to the crash site in Aktau to help survivors and search for the cause.
“This is a great tragedy, a significant loss for the people of Azerbaijan,” Aliyev said Wednesday afternoon.
He said the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office has launched a criminal case into the matter and the public will be informed about the investigation and progress of the criminal case.
Aliyev was flying from Baku to St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday to attend an informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States when he learned of the airliner’s crash and ordered his plane to return to Baku.
Aliyev said the airliner was flying on the Baku-Grozny route when it changed course due to worsening weather conditions and flew toward Aktau airport. He said the crash occurred while the pilots attempted to land the aircraft.
The commercial aircraft departed the Azerbaijani capital of Baku at 7:55 a.m. local time and crashed at 10:28 a.m.
About 45 minutes prior to the crash, a Russian dispatcher informed a Kazakh control center the flight was diverted and its flight crew was having problems with its control systems, CNN reported.
The Russian dispatcher reported an oxygen tank exploded inside the passenger cabin and the pilots tried to land at the Aktau airport twice, Kazakhstan Minister of Transport Marat Karabayev told media.
The aircraft changed course, lost contact with Aktau airport dispatchers and crashed, Karabayev said.
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M.N.: Damage to the tail may explain the loss of the maneuverability on landing evident on the video, which might have led to a crash. The plane made three attempts at landing in Grozny, and it flew away after it was fired upon. It was chased away! Why?
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