On Wednesday, an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 with 67 people on board was flying between Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, and Grozny, capital of the Russian Caucasian republic of Chechnya.
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, killing 38 people, according to the authorities of this country. Central Asia.
While experts and Western media point to the hypothesis of a crash due to a Russian anti-aircraft missile fire, the Kremlin on Friday refused any comment “before the conclusions of the investigation”. Russia's aviation agency, Rosaviatsia, said the situation at Grozny airport that day was “very difficult.”
“At that time, Ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks against civilian infrastructure in the cities of Grozny and Vladikavkaz,” Rosaviatsia boss Dmitry Yadrov said on Telegram.
He also reported “thick fog” which prevented all visibility “at an altitude of 500 meters”. “The captain made two attempts to land in Grozny, which failed. Other airports…
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