On Friday, Azerbaijan Airlines said that the early results from the investigation into a recent plane crash in Kazakhstan suggest there might have been “physical and technical external interference.” There is growing worry that the Embraer 190 plane might have been hit by a Russian missile.
The airline also announced it would stop all flights to 10 airports in Russia while the investigation continues into the crash of flight J2-8243, which was going from Baku to Grozny. They made this decision based on the initial findings that point to outside interference.
More evidence is showing that the tragic crash, which killed 38 people, might have happened because a missile from Russian air defenses hit the plane by mistake. A famous Telegram channel connected to Russian security claimed that the plane was wrongly identified as a Ukrainian drone and targeted by a Pantsir-S1 missile, although this hasn’t been confirmed yet.
According to Reuters, sources say Russian air defenses mistakenly shot down the airplane. Meanwhile, Russia’s aviation chief said that Grozny was being attacked by Ukrainian drones when the plane was trying to land. However, the Kremlin has not commented on the claims that the plane was accidentally shot down by Russian missiles.
The crash happened after the Azerbaijani airline was diverted, causing the death of 38 people out of the 67 on board. The flight went from Baku to Grozny but had to change its path for reasons that are not completely clear. It crashed while trying to land in Aktau, Kazakhstan, after flying across the Caspian Sea
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