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What is known about a plane crash in Kazakhstan after Putin apologized for a “tragic incident”?
The crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan has killed 38 of 67 people on board. Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijani capital Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it was diverted for reasons that aren’t fully clear yet.
What caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan? Here's what we know so far.
Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia all opened investigations into the cause of the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243.
Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan, many feared dead
An Embraer passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying that 28 people had survived.
Pilot hailed as hero in Kazakhstan crash amid fog, bird strike
After the tragic plane crash in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people, residents of Baku laid flowers at the entrance to the home of pilot Igor Kshnyakin, who did everything he could to save the passengers.
Experts doubt Russian claims of bird strike in Kazakhstan plane crash
Experts say evidence in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan points to a possible midair explosion, not an encounter with a flock of birds.
Kazakhstan plane crash prompts missile speculation and arrest
On Wednesday, a tragic crash involving an Embraer-190 aircraft operated by Azerbaijan Airlines occurred in western Kazakhstan. Preliminary information suggests that the cause might have been a surface-to-air missile explosion.
Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan "does not look like" bird strike as Russia suggested, experts say
Experts say evidence in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan points to a possible midair explosion, not an ...
Azerbaijan Airlines crash: What we know
On 25 December, 38 people died when an Azerbaijan Airlines flight, which had been due to land in Russia, crash-landed in ...
How Kremlin disinformation could hide the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines crash
The cause of the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, is still unknown. The ...
Putin apologises for ‘tragic’ Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash but does not take responsibility
Azerbaijan says the plane had multiple holes in its fuselage and that the occupants had sustained injuries ‘due to foreign ...
Survivors of Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash report hearing bangs, explosions during flight
The Azerbaijan Airlines passenger aircraft crashed near Kazakhstan's Aktau Airport on Wednesday morning, killing 38 of the 67 people on board, Kazakh officials said.
Putin apologizes after Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev following the crash of an Azerbaijan ...
An oxygen tank on the Azerbaijan Airlines flight exploded before the crash, minister says
Kazakhstan's transport minister said Russian authorities told them that an oxygen cylinder had exploded in the passenger ...
Kazakhstan's senate chief: cause of Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash unknown for now
Taiwan's Presidential Office conducted its first ever tabletop exercise simulating a military escalation with China, several ...