The Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 aircraft carrying 67 people was flying between Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, and Grozny on Wednesday. It crashed and caught fire in circumstances that are still unclear.
Ukrainian drones attacked Grozny, the capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, on the day of the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane, which tried twice to land there without success, the Russian agency announced on Friday. civil aviation Rosaviatsia. “At that time, Ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks against civilian infrastructure in the cities of Grozny and Vladikavkaz”said on Telegram the boss of Rosaviatsia, Dmitry Iadrov.
According to him, the situation was then “very difficult” at Grozny airport, where there was also a “thick fog” which prevented any visibility “at an altitude of 500 meters”. «The captain made two attempts to land in Grozny, which failed. Other airports are proposed to him. He decides to go to Aktau airport.in Kazakhstan, said Mr. Yadrov. The Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 aircraft with 67 people on board was operating a flight between Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, and Grozny on Wednesday.
It crashed and caught fire in still unclear circumstances near Aktau, a port on the Caspian Sea located in western Kazakhstan and far from its destination, a tragedy which left 38 dead, according to the authorities of this Central Asian country. The presence of Ukrainian drones in this area of Russian airspace reinforces the hypothesis, mentioned by numerous media, of a missile fired by Russian anti-aircraft defense to explain the crash.
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