An Embraer EMBR3.SA passenger jet crashed on Wednesday, while the plane was en route from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Russia.
The Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed hundreds of miles away from its intended destination in Russia with dozens having being killed in the impact on Christmas Day
An Azerbaijan Airlines flight from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to Russia crashed, hospitalizing survivors while dozens are feared dead.
An Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash on Christmas Day has prompted speculation the plane was shot down by Russia after it took a detour of hundreds of miles in the wrong direction and crash-landed with holes in the fuselage.
Azerbaijan is observing a nationwide day of mourning for the victims of the air crash that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured as speculation mounted about a possible cause of the crash
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday sent condolences to the presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Kazakhstan for the casualties caused by the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash, China's state broadcaster CCTV reported.
The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed near Kazakhstan's Aqtau on Christmas Day - while en route from Baku to Grozny in Russia - may have been "accidentally struck" by a Russian surface-to-air missile or antiaircraft fire.
An Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan was downed by a Russian air defence system, four sources in Azerbaijan with knowledge of the investigation have said.
Russian military bloggers have suggested the plane could have been mistaken for a Ukrainian drone
Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 caught fire as it tried to make an emergency landing in Aktau, southwestern Kazakhstan, on Wednesday. It was traveling from the Azeri capital Baku to Grozny, the capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya.
BAKU - An Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday was downed by a Russian air defence system, four sources in Azerbaijan with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters. Read more at straitstimes.