The U. S. government reported Friday that Russia can be blamed for the fatal collapse of Azerbaijan’s airlines this week, echoing the assessment of the Mavens tragedy as investigations remain underway.
The 8243 flight of Azerbaikan Airlines was going to go from Bakou, the capital of Azerbaijan, in Grozny, a city in the Russian region of Chechny Two miles from Aktau airport, Kazakhstan.
There were 62 passengers and five crew members aboard the flight, 29 of whom survived, many suffering critical injuries.
Russia has denied involvement in the attack, its federal signature on air-shipping first accusing the destination of turning in a mixed time and the plane colliding with a herd of birds.
Aviation Mavens has advised that Russia is more likely to blame, pointing to the nature of the pain on the plane and the location of the crash, as Russia attacked Ukrainian drones around Grozny, which erroneously suggests the flight.
Azerbaijan Airlines said on Friday that an initial investigation advised that the plane crashed “due to external physical and technical interference,” and Azerbaijani Transport Minister Rashad Nabiyev said evidence suggests “external interference” with the flight, drawing testimony from outside the planes.
The US National Security spokesman John Karthrough, on Friday to Newhouings that the United States government had “seen early indications that would really imply the option that this plane was returned through the Russian systems of Russians of Air defense “, but did not express evidence.
Russia has refused to respond to advice that this caused the crash, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not comment on the new hypotheses in the hypothesis on Friday that linked Russia to the tragedy. “The investigation is underway into this aviation incident and until the conclusions, which will be made according to its results, we have no right to comment,” Peskov told Russian state media, quoted via the Wall Street Journal. Sixteen Russian nationals were on board the flight, according to Kazakh officials quoted by the Associated Press, and nine Russian survivors were flown to Moscow for treatment.
The surviving passengers and team told Reuters that they heard several strong “bangs” after the flight failed to land in Grozny. “After the explosion . . . , idea that the plane was going to collapse,” said the subhonkul passenger Rakhimov of the hospital, added to Rachimov, adding “it was evident that the plane had broken in some way. ” “It felt as if it were the same plane. ” The Asadoov Zulfugar flight wizard told Reuters that the flight captain, “he said that he had begged him to unbutton the plane in the sea, however, he made the decision to establish a course for Aktau and land on the ground . . . He warned that he warned there that he warned that he warned that he warned that he warned that he warned that he warned that it would be a hard touchdown and asked us to be in a position and prepare the passengers. To the online page of Xezzer News in Azerbaijan. “
Multiple investigations on the destination turn remain in progress, while Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia have introduced probes into the tragedy. Azerbaiyan Airlines and other airlines in the region also suspended several Russian cities on Friday in the destination. Azerbaijan Crook Investigation on the turn of destiny, according to Euronews, and if Russia was guilty, the parliamentarian of Azerbaiyani, Rasim Musathrouvov, told the news firm of Turan in the country that the Russian government deserves to apologize and compensate for the families of The sufferings and be punished. “Those who have done it deserve to be conscientiously guilty,” said Musathrouvo, cited through the newspaper. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, also asked other countries to be guilty of Russia for the tragedy, blaming Russia for the turn of the destination and saying on Friday that if the Kremlin “decides to spread lies” about his role “we will have to consolidate To all foreign pressures on Moscow to identify the fact and assume responsibility. region. “
Why the flight ended up crossing Kazakhstan before crashing. In a video posted via Russia’s state-run Tass news agency, Dmitry Yadrov, head of Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatisia, claimed that the flight cannot land in Grozny due to fog and drones from Ukraine from Ukraine. , and crossed the sea in Aktau despite gifts to fly into the field at other Russian airports. Politico notes that this contradicts reports from Azerbaijani officials, who say that the plane ordered to fly the Caspian Sea after being denied permission to land other Russians. airport.
Russia has been at war with Ukraine since it first invaded the eastern European country in 2022. Ukraine has increasingly utilized drones in Russian airspace as the fighting has continued—as Russia has also used in Ukraine—and Reuters notes Russia has responded to the attacks with significant air defense systems and equipment to affect the drones’ location data and communication systems. The Azerbaijan Airlines crash comes 10 years after a Malaysian Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was downed after being hit by a Russian missile over Ukraine, an investigation into the crash determined. The crash killed all 298 people on board. Russia denied any role in that incident, which resulted in three men being criminally convicted for murder as a result of their role in shooting down the plane.
White House sees ‘indications’ airliner was downed by Russia (Washington Post)
The problems of the probe towards the Russian aerial defenses cause a turn of the fate of Azerbaiyan Airlines (Wall Street Journal)
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan suspend Russia robberies after an accident (Financial Times)
Exclusive: Survivors on Azerbaijani plane say they heard bangs before it went down (Reuters)
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