BAKU, Azerbaijan — Azerbaijani authorities believe the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people was caused by a Russian surface-to-air missile, several media reported Thursday.
The jet was en route from the country's capital Baku to the city of Grozny in Chechnya, southern Russia, on Wednesday but crashed near Aktau in Kazakhstan.Euronews cited Azerbaijan i government sources as saying that 'shrapnel hit the passengers and cabin crew as it exploded next to the aircraft mid-flight.'Military and aviation experts have pointed to apparent shrapnel damage on the fuselage of the plane.
Ukrainian drone strikes have been registered in Chechnya in recent weeks, and there was reported drone activity in nearby Ingushetia and North Ossetia before the crash.'The aircraft's communication system was completely paralysed due to the use of Russian electronic warfare systems, which resulted in the plane disappearing from radars while in Russian airspace,' Anadolu reported.
Believes Russian Missile Caused Plane Crash Reports
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