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Azerbaijan convinced: Russia shot down a passenger plane
The cause of the plane crash in Kazakhstan has not been officially determined. But there are increasing indications that the Azerbaijani authorities believe that Russia has shot it down.
According to media reports, the government in Baku attributes the crash of the damaged Azerbaijani plane in Kazakhstan to fire from an anti-aircraft missile over Russia. The Turkish news agency Anadolu reported that this had been confirmed by senior state representatives in Azerbaijan. But no names were mentioned.
In Baku, the internet portal caliber.az also cited unnamed government sources. Accordingly, the plane was hit by a Panzir 1 anti-aircraft missile while approaching the Russian city of Grozny on Wednesday. At this time, Ukrainian drones were being fought in the air in several regions of the Russian North Caucasus.
Evaded to Kazakhstan due to refusal to land
According to caliber.az, the pilots requested an emergency landing at the nearest Russian airports at Mineralnye Vody or Makhachkala. This was not approved, so the crew piloted the damaged aircraft over the Caspian Sea to Aktau in Kazakhstan.
The Embraer 190 aircraft crashed during an attempt to land there. 38 people on board were killed and there were 29 survivors. Photos of the tail section of the accident plane show damage that resembles shrapnel impact holes from anti-aircraft weapons. According to Kazakh information, the Embraer’s two flight recorders were found on Thursday.
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Source: Stern
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