A passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau because it was attacked by Russian air defense, Euronews reports. According to Azerbaijani government sources, the Russians hit the plane with a surface-to-air missile.

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Senior officials told Anadolu that the plane that crashed near Kazakh city of Aktau was targeted by a Russian air defense system - Anadolu Ajansı

Wednesday after Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 crashed as it attempted to make an emergency landing near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan.View on euronews

Plane was attacked by a Pantsir missile system as it approached the city of Grozny, Azerbaijani news outlet AnewZ reports, citing government sources - Anadolu Ajansı

Russian air defenses, air-traffic management in spotlight after plane crash in Kazakhstan A government source in Azerbaijan told the publication that the damaged aircraft was denied permission to land at Russian airports.

According to Euronews sources, the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane flying from Baku to Grozny on 25 December was caused by a Russian surface-to-air missile that exploded nearby. Source: Euronews Quote: "Sources in the Azerbaijani government confirmed in an exclusive statement to Euronews on Thursday that a Russian surface-to-air missile was the cause of the crash of an Azerbaijani Airlines plane in Aktau on Wednesday.

According to Nastojaszczeje Wriemia television, the Embraer-190 aircraft that crashed in Kazakhstan may have been shot at by the Russian air defense system. The Embraer-190 passenger plane, flying from Baku to Grozny,

According to Nastojaszczeje Wriemia television, there are claims that the Russian air defence system might have struck the Embraer-190 aircraft that crashed in Kazakhstan. The Embraer-190 passenger plane,