Out of 67 guests, 38 individuals passed away when an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed Wednesday
Released December 25, 2024 3:09 PM (EST)
Emergency situation professionals operate at the crash website of an Azerbaijan Airlines guest jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. (Photo by ISSA TAZHENBAYEV/AFP by means of Getty Images)
An Azerbaijani airliner crashed into a fireball Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau and the web is abuzz with theories regarding what triggered it. A Kazakh authorities stated 67 individuals were onboard and 38 individuals passed away, according to Associated Press. Some information are still emerging about the reason for the crash, however some are hypothesizing that Russia might have shot the airplane down.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated at a press conference that it was prematurely to hypothesize on the factors behind the crash, indicating bad weather condition as the factor the aircraft diverted from its initial course. “This is an excellent catastrophe that has actually ended up being a significant sadness for the Azerbaijani individuals,” he stated.
The Azerbaijan Airlines airplane, an Embraer 190, was taking a trip from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus before it tried an emergency situation landing. AP reported that Russia’s civil air travel authority, Rosaviatsia, stated that the airplane struck a flock of birds.
DEVELOPING: Plane which crashed in Kazakhstan suffered external damage, according to specialists.
The pilots sent out a distress signal around the time Russian air defense was reacting to a Ukrainian drone attack.
Kazakh deputy PM, asked whether the airplane was shot down: “I attempt not … pic.twitter.com/ZnJyJSmZES
— BNO News (@BNONews) December 25, 2024
Images and video appearing on social media of the crash portray odd holes on the rear fuselage that some state aren’t constant with a bird crash. BNO News reported that “The pilots sent out a distress signal around the time Russian air defense was reacting to a Ukrainian drone attack.” When asked whether the airplane was shot down, Kazakh deputy prime minister Kanat Bozumbayev stated, “I attempt not make early declarations.”
According to the Wall Street Journal, the aircraft’s desired location in southern Russia remained in a location where Moscow’s air defenses have actually just recently fought Ukrainian drones. In 2018, worldwide detectives concluded that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down on July 17, 2014 while flying over eastern Ukraine, was struck by a Russian rocket.
