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🎧 Early indications suggest Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed Azerbaijani jet: U.S. officia
💬Four Azerbaijani sources say the ill-fated plane that crashed on Christmas Day. leaving dozens killed, was shot down by Russia.
A U.S. official also says early indications suggest a Russian anti-aircraft system may be what caused the crash.
Lee Seung-jae reports.
With the investigation into the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines J2-8243's crash on Christmas Day underway, a number of Azerbaijani government sources say the crash was caused by a Russian anti-aircraft system mistakenly shooting it down.
Reuters on Thursday, citing multiple Azerbaijani government sources, said that while the initial cause of the crash was believed to be due to a collision with a flock of birds,. a missile that was fired to shoot down a drone over Grozny, Russia, exploded near the passenger plane.
The sources also say the plane's captain requested an emergency landing at a Russian airport, but was denied, and instead instructed to cross the Caspian Sea to Aktau in western Kazakhstan.
The Wall Street Journal on the other hand, believes that the Russian military may have mistaken the passenger plane for a Ukrainian drone and shot it down.
Kyiv claimed that it was likely shot down by a Russian air defense system, based on holes in parts of the plane.
Azerbaijani sources stress, that no one is claiming that the alleged actions were done on purpose, but they were just taking established facts into account.
In response to the growing allegations that Russia was behind the crash, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said it's wrong to speculate before the investigation concludes.
"Now, as you have rightly said, the investigation is underway. Any aviation incident should be investigated by special aviation authorities. And until investigators make their conclusions, it would be incorrect to make any kind of hypothesis. So, we cannot do it and nobody should do it. We must wait until the end of this investigation”
Meanwhile, with the investigation into the deadly crash taking shape, the Brazilian Air Force dispatched investigators to Kazakhstan.
According to the Brazilian officials, three investigators were sent to provide technical support to the Kazakh authorities in the investigation process.
The ill-fated passenger plane was a twin-engine jet manufactured by Embraer, a Brazilian multinational aerospace corporation.
The crash killed 38 people on board the plane, but also saw 29 survivors.
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🎧 Early indications suggest Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed Azerbaijani jet: U.S. officia
💬Four Azerbaijani sources say the ill-fated plane that crashed on Christmas Day. leaving dozens killed, was shot down by Russia.
A U.S. official also says early indications suggest a Russian anti-aircraft system may be what caused the crash.
Lee Seung-jae reports.
With the investigation into the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines J2-8243's crash on Christmas Day underway, a number of Azerbaijani government sources say the crash was caused by a Russian anti-aircraft system mistakenly shooting it down.
Reuters on Thursday, citing multiple Azerbaijani government sources, said that while the initial cause of the crash was believed to be due to a collision with a flock of birds,. a missile that was fired to shoot down a drone over Grozny, Russia, exploded near the passenger plane.
The sources also say the plane's captain requested an emergency landing at a Russian airport, but was denied, and instead instructed to cross the Caspian Sea to Aktau in western Kazakhstan.
The Wall Street Journal on the other hand, believes that the Russian military may have mistaken the passenger plane for a Ukrainian drone and shot it down.
Kyiv claimed that it was likely shot down by a Russian air defense system, based on holes in parts of the plane.
Azerbaijani sources stress, that no one is claiming that the alleged actions were done on purpose, but they were just taking established facts into account.
In response to the growing allegations that Russia was behind the crash, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said it's wrong to speculate before the investigation concludes.
"Now, as you have rightly said, the investigation is underway. Any aviation incident should be investigated by special aviation authorities. And until investigators make their conclusions, it would be incorrect to make any kind of hypothesis. So, we cannot do it and nobody should do it. We must wait until the end of this investigation”
Meanwhile, with the investigation into the deadly crash taking shape, the Brazilian Air Force dispatched investigators to Kazakhstan.
According to the Brazilian officials, three investigators were sent to provide technical support to the Kazakh authorities in the investigation process.
The ill-fated passenger plane was a twin-engine jet manufactured by Embraer, a Brazilian multinational aerospace corporation.
The crash killed 38 people on board the plane, but also saw 29 survivors.
🎧 @eng_listening