Azerbaijan Airways mentioned that the crash of its airplane in Kazakhstan on 25 December was attributable to bodily and technical exterior affect.
Supply: European Pravda close to the airline's assertion on X (Twitter)
Particulars: Within the launched assertion, the airline introduced the suspension of flights to a lot of Russian cities and defined the reasoning behind this determination.
Quote: "This determination, made in accordance with the Azerbaijan State Civil Aviation Authority, is predicated on the preliminary outcomes of the investigation into the crash of the Embraer 190 plane working the Baku-Grozny flight J2-8243 of Azerbaijan Airways as a consequence of bodily and technical exterior interference and considers potential dangers to flight security," the assertion mentioned.
The suspension will stay in place till the ultimate investigation is accomplished.
Background:
- On 25 December, an Embraer plane of Azerbaijan Airways en route from Baku to Grozny crashed close to Aktau (the executive centre of Kazakhstan's Mangistau Oblast). The crash killed 38 folks.
- Based on Russian sources, whereas the Azerbaijan Airways airplane was flying over Chechnya, Russian air defence forces had been actively trying to shoot down Ukrainian UAVs above Grozny.
- Following the incident, the Azerbaijani authorities mentioned that the Azerbaijani Airways airplane was shot down over Chechnya by a Russian missile focusing on drones over Grozny.
- Ukrainian Overseas Minister Andrii Sybiha steered that Russia was making an attempt to cover the traces of the downing of the Azerbaijani passenger airplane within the sea and known as for a good investigation into the crash.
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