OAN Staff James Myers
8:53am – Thursday, December 26, 2024
The Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday was shot down by Russian air defense systems, multiple sources interviewed said. Reuters.
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On Wednesday, an Embraer airliner crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people. It has been using air defense systems against Ukrainian drone attacks in recent months after straying from certain areas of Russia.
Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243 deviated hundreds of miles from its scheduled route from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, before crashing on the other side of the Caspian Sea. Russia's aviation watchdog said it may have been an emergency diversion. Caused by bird collision.
One Azerbaijani source familiar with Azerbaijan's investigation into the crash said. Reuters Preliminary results showed that the plane was attacked by Russia's Pantsir-S air defense system.
“No one claims that it was done intentionally. However, given the established facts, Baku expects the Russian side to confess to shooting down the Azerbaijani plane,” the official said. .
But authorities did not immediately explain why the plane crossed the ocean.
The crash also came after multiple Ukrainian military drone strikes hit the Chechen region of southern Russia as the two countries continue their war.
In addition, the nearest Russian airport, where the plane was flying, was closed on Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, officials from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia have all called for investigations into the crash.
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