Azerbaijan Airways has reported that preliminary investigations point out “exterior bodily and technical interference” brought about the crash of one among its planes in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day.
38 of the 67 folks on board died within the crash, together with two pilots and a flight attendant. Hypothesis surrounding the crash has heightened tensions, with stories suggesting a Russian air protection missile may need been concerned.
In response, Azerbaijan Airways suspended flights to seven Russian cities on Friday, citing security dangers primarily based on preliminary findings. Nevertheless, flights to main Russian cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg will proceed, based on Russian information company Interfax.
In the meantime, a flight certain for Mineralnye Vody returned to Baku after a piece of Russian airspace was closed, as reported by Russian information company TASS.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said it was too early to remark, emphasizing that conclusions would solely comply with the continued investigation. Nevertheless, sources cited by Reuters declare a Russian missile was seemingly concerned. “Nobody claims it was intentional,” a supply informed Reuters, however Azerbaijan expects Russia to acknowledge the incident if confirmed true.
Russia has countered the allegations, stating that the crash was influenced by Ukrainian drone exercise within the space and hostile climate situations. Dmitry Yadrov, head of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Company, defined that the airspace close to Grozny, Chechnya, was closed as a consequence of Ukrainian drone operations. The aircraft’s pilot reportedly tried to land twice in Grozny however diverted to Aktau, Kazakhstan, as a consequence of dense fog and the airspace closure.
Ukraine’s response
Ukraine’s international minister, Andrii Sybiha, accused Moscow of protecting up the crash’s trigger, alleging the broken aircraft was pressured to cross the Caspian Sea to hide proof. Sybiha known as for an neutral investigation, citing “images and movies from the cabin and crash web site” as crucial proof.
(With inputs from Reuters, CNN, DW)
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