Evidence suggests a Russian air defense missile mistakenly targeted the Azerbaijan Airlines plane, killing 38 people. The pilots, believing they had encountered a bird strike, struggled to control the aircraft and communicated their predicament to air traffic control. Released communications reveal their desperate attempts to regain control and their final moments before the tragic crash.
The chilling last words of the pilot of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that went down on Christmas Day have been made public.
The area has been under regular attack from Ukraine in recent weeks. Russian warlord Ramzan Kadyrov is suspected of firing a Pantsir-S1 at the plane. Ground control told him to “perform left orbit” - but the flight deck replied: “I can't execute, control is lost.” At 8:19, one of the pilots states: “I can't maintain 150, we have high pressure in the cabin.” Ground control reply: “AXY8243 understood you.” One minute later, at 8:20, the flight’s scheduled arrival time, the pilot says: “Left 360, my plane is losing control.”
“You are very hard to hear…. tell me your altitude.” The plane later disappeared from radar for 37 minutes before reappearing as it sought to land in Aktau.
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