‘Physical, technical external interference’: Azerbaijan Airlines after preliminary investigation into plane crash

Part of Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 lies on the ground near the airport of Aktau (Photo: AP)

Azerbaijan Airlines revealed on Friday that initial investigation findings of the aircraft incident in Kazakhstan indicated external interference of a physical and technical nature, fuelling discussions about potential involvement of Russian air defence systems
The airline has halted operations to 10 airports in Russia, citing their decision was “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”.

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This comes after, Russia, earlier in the day, put the blame on Ukraine, claiming that Ukrainian drones were attacking the city of Grozny as the Azerbaijani Airlines plane attempted to land, before its subsequent crash in Kazakhstan. “Ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure… at the time,” Chief of Russia’s civil aviation authority Dmitry Yadrov said, adding that the plane made two unsuccessful attempts to land. ” The pilot was offered alternative airports. He took the decision to go to Aktau airport” in Kazakhstan, he said.
However, Ukraine has put the blame on Russia and said, “Russia must be held responsible for the downing of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane.”
The Azerbaijan Airlines aircraft crashed in western Kazakhstan, resulting in the death of 38 amongst the 67 occupants. Various news sources claimed Azerbaijani officials suggesting that a Russian air defence missile might have caused the incident

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