An Azerbaijani airliner en route from Baku to Grozny crashed in Kazakhstan after veering off course. The incident, which resulted in 29 survivors, has sparked speculation about the cause, with some suggesting Russian air defense missiles were involved.
The plane was travelling in a north-west direction, from Azerbaijan ’s Baku to Grozny, in the Chechen republic of Russia , when it veered off course and headed eastwards across the Caspian Sea before crashing in Kazakhstan , near Aktau.There were 29 survivors among all the Azerbaijan is, Russia ns, Kazakhs and people from Kyrgyzstan on board.Images of the wreckage appear to show holes in the plane similar to shrapnel or bullet marks.
Military analysts speculated that this could have been caused by Moscow’s air defence missiles, especially as 50 Ukrainian drones hit southern Russia shortly before the plane crashed.spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters: “Currently an investigation is in progress. Any air incident should be investigated by specialised aviation authorities.“It would be wrong to build any hypotheses before the panel of inquiry presents its conclusions. Of course, we cannot do that. No one should do it,” he added.Similarly, Azerbaijan president and Putin ally Ilham Aliyev said it was too soon to speculate over the cause but suggested bad weather may have forced the airliner to alter its course. He said Thursday would be a day of mourning, adding: “This is a great tragedy, that has become a tremendous sorrow for the Azerbaijani people.”He wrote on the social media platform Telegram: “Survivors recall a ‘bang’ during its third foggy landing attempt in Grozny before redirection to Makhachala.that it was “likely” shot down by Russian military air-defence system, as did a Ukrainian national security official Andriy Kovalenko in a post on X. Kovalenko wrote: “An Embraer 190 aircraft of an Azerbaijani airline, flying from Baku to Grozny, was shot down by a Russian air defence system.“However, admitting this is inconvenient for everyone, so efforts will be made to cover it up, even the holes in the remaining parts of the aircraft. There is also video footage from inside the plane during the flight, showing punctured life vests and other damag
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