Azerbaijani government sources have confirmed that a Russian Pantir-S1 surface-to-air missile was the cause of the Embraer E190 crash on Christmas Day.
The aircraft, an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer E190, registered 4K-AZ65, was operating a scheduled passenger service from Baku to Grozny when it attempted to make an emergency landing near Aktau, Kazakhstan.
Video recorded by witnesses shows the aircraft crashing before it reached the airport. Of the 72 passengers and crew onboard, 38 were killed.
According to Euronews, a missile was fired at the aircraft during drone activity and exploded beside the aircraft. The explosion sent shrapnel into the aircraft, even impacting passengers and crew.
At the time, Russian air defense forces were attempting to shoot down Ukrainian UAVs in the area. AnewZ said that during operations such as this, Russian aviation authorities were required to close down airspace to civil aircraft. However, for unknown reasons, this was not done.
The aircraft was not allowed to land at Russian airports despite the pilots' requests for an emergency landing and was told to fly across the Caspian Sea to Aktau in Kazakhstan. The aircraft's signals were jammed on the way to Aktau. The aircraft reappeared on radar minutes before impact.
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Doug
Sad to hear
Walt
This is sestemic in New Soviet Russia style of thinking. Die and get out of the way, you are not our problem. Go land somewhere else, or crash. Crashing would conceal the evidence of it being shot down. But not this time, Putin. More blood on your hands. Truely he will be one of the coals of hell.
Totally agree!
Jetjock41
Spellcheck, buddy.
John Brandt
You really think Putin cares about evidence being found? What about the war against Ukraine . You think he cares about evidence being found. Haha. It doesn’t matter. Putin wants the world to know it was him. It’s not the first or last one. There’s going to be missiles flying all over the place when the president elect is in the house. The trump will have open doors to the cccp, Kim Jong Un (born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984 he doesn’t know when he was born the fat little shit! The White House will have revolving doors for those dictators. It’s going to be worse which I thought was impossible . The Second World War. So you think he cares about evidence. The U.S.A will be communist after the 21st of this month. I’m just glad I won’t live long
. And what do you mean sorry? ! The guy would just as well put a bullet between your eyes and you say you’re sorry. If you really are you should delete you messages. The would be the day I’d say sorry to someone who just shot down a plane killing almost 200 people.
eyeb1
What a croc, "Azerbaijani government sources have confirmed", what Azerbaijani Government sources?
Then you list as a source, According to an unconfirmed Euronews ARTICLE, "a missile was fired at the aircraft during drone activity and exploded beside the aircraft".
Sounds like unconfirmed speculation or outright Propaganda to me.
rob
Everybody knows your country (Russia) is responsible. You wont be to troll your way out of this one. Sorry.
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