Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev claims a Russian cover-up in the plane crash that killed 38 people in Kazakhstan.
Azerbaijan i president Ilham Aliyev said he did not believe the plane, which crashed in Kazakhstan killing 38, was shot down intentionally, but that some circles in Russia wanted to cover up the issue. President Ilham Aliyev spoke to Azerbaijan i TV, and said he did not believe the plane was shot down intentionally after experts suggested Russia n surface-to-air missiles brought it down.However, he said certain circles in Russia wanted to cover up the truth behind the issue.
The Azerbaijani plane was flying on Wednesday from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, when it turned towards Kazakhstan and crashed while making an attempt to land.38 passengers were killed, and there were 29 survivors.In an interview with Azerbaijani TV, Mr Aliyev said: 'The facts are that the Azerbaijani civilian plane was damaged from the outside over Russian territory, near the city of Grozny, and almost lost control.'We also know that electronic warfare systems put our plane out of control. This was the first impact on the plane. At the same time, as a result of fire from the ground, the tail of the plane was also severely damaged.'The fact that the fuselage is riddled with holes indicates that the theory of the plane hitting a flock of birds, which was brought up by someone, is completely removed from the agenda.'He added: 'Unfortunately, however, some circles in Russia preferred to put forward this theory. Another regrettable and surprising moment for us was that official Russian agencies put forward theories about the explosion of some gas cylinder on board the plane.'In other words, this clearly showed that the Russian side wanted to cover up the issue, which, of course, is unbecoming of anyone.'Of course, our plane was hit by accident. Of course, there can be no talk of a deliberate act of terror her
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