Azerbaijan Airways has suspended flights to eight extra Russian airports after a flight meant to hold passengers from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to Grozny, Russia crashed “due to physical and technical external interference,” the airline has introduced.
Experiences recommend {that a} Russian anti-aircraft missile could have been liable for the catastrophe.
The airline famous in a put up on X that starting Dec. 28, flights from Baku to eight Russian airports have been suspended. The announcement comes along with the prior suspension of flights between Baku and two different Russian airports.
“This decision, made in accordance with the Azerbaijan State Civil Aviation Authority, is based on the preliminary results of the investigation into the crash of the Embraer 190 aircraft operating the Baku-Grozny flight J2-8243 of Azerbaijan Airlines due to physical and technical external interference and considers potential risks to flight safety. The suspension will remain in effect until the completion of the final investigation,” the airline defined within the X put up.
Proof assortment efforts are underway on the crash web site of an Azerbaijan Airways (AZAL) passenger aircraft close to Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 27, 2024. (Meiramgul Kussainova/Anadolu by way of Getty Pictures)
“It should be noted that on December 25, AZAL decided to suspend flights from Baku to Grozny and Makhachkala,” the put up famous.
The airline had beforehand reported that there had been 62 passengers and 5 crew members aboard the flight. Experiences point out that there have been solely 29 survivors.
Preliminary outcomes of Azerbaijan’s probe into the deadly incident recommend the plane was struck by a Russian anti-aircraft missile, or shrapnel from such a missile, people briefed on the investigation famous, in line with the Wall Avenue Journal.
Emergency specialists work on the crash web site of an Azerbaijan Airways passenger jet close to the western Kazakh metropolis of Aktau on Dec. 25, 2024. (ISSA TAZHENBAYEV/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
Fox Information Digital reached out to the Division of Data and Press of the Russian Ministry of Overseas Affairs for remark.
A supply aware of Azerbaijan’s probe instructed Reuters that preliminary outcomes indicated the plane was hit by a Russian Pantsir-S air protection system — digital warfare programs paralyzed communications on the plane’s strategy to Grozny, the supply acknowledged, in line with the outlet.
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Emergency specialists work on the crash web site of an Azerbaijan Airways passenger jet close to the western Kazakh metropolis of Aktau on Dec. 25, 2024. (ISSA TAZHENBAYEV/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
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“No one claims that it was done on purpose. However, taking into account the established facts, Baku expects the Russian side to confess to the shooting down of the Azerbaijani aircraft,” the supply famous, in line with Reuters.
