Putin had a conversation today with the president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyevfor the “tragic incident” that occurred in Russian airspace with an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed on Wednesday.
The call between Putin and Aliyev
The two talked and Putin said “the Azarbaijani plane tried to land at the airport in Grozny” and that “at this very moment” this city, together with Mozdok and Vladikavkaz “were being attacked by Ukrainian drones“.
There, according to the president, the Russian air defense system “repelled the attacks” although without indicating whether the plane was hit by its missiles.
“(President) Vladimir Putin apologized for the tragic incident that occurred in Russian airspace and once again expressed his deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to the injured“the Kremlin said in a statement.
For his part, Aliyev told Putin that the plane was hit by “physical interference.” “The head of state stressed that the multiple holes in the fuselage of the plane, the injuries suffered by the passengers and crew (…) and the testimonies (…) confirm evidence of external physical and technical interference“said the Azerbaijani presidency in another statement.
Plane crashed in Kazakhstan: they denounce that Russia denied landing permission and blocked the GPS
The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan was hit by a surface-to-air missile, causing an emergency landing. According to preliminary reports, The attack would have been carried out by a Russian air defense system when flying over the Caspian Sea area.
Russia denied responsibility. They reported that from Kremlin land they denied landing permission for the flight after the impact and that it also blocked GPS at critical moments.
The plane was hit by a missile fired from the system Pantsir-S in the Naursky district, Chechnya regionwhile flying over the airspace near the Caspian Sea.
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The crew initially believed the impact was due to a flock of birds, but the evidence pointed to a mistaken attack by Russian defenses.
A plane crashed in Kazakhstan: at least 39 passengers died
An airline passenger plane Azerbaijan Airlines, with 67 people on board, crashed this Wednesday near the city of Aktau, in Kazakhstan. According to authorities, at least 39 people lost their lives in the accident.
The incident involved flight J2-8243, operated with a Embraer 190which was traveling between Baku and Grozny, according to Azerbaijan’s Report News Agency. According to preliminary data, 28 passengers survived the accident and were taken to the hospital to receive medical attention.
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