Azerbaijan’s preliminary thesis: Russia defences downed planeAt least 38 people were killed in Wednesday’s crashPlane was in an area where Russia has downed Ukrainian drones Kazakhstan says no conclusions yet from its investigationKremlin: Not proper to comment until investigation is finished
Emergency specialists working at the crash site of the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan Photo: Reuters
Russian air defences downed an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people, four sources with knowledge of the preliminary findings of Azerbaijan’s investigation into the disaster told Reuters on Thursday.
Flight J2-8243 crashed down on Wednesday in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from an area of southern Russia where Moscow has repeatedly used air defence systems against Ukrainian drone strikes.