Plane crash in Kazakhstan: Putin apologized to the president of Azerbaijan for the accident

The Russian president, Vladimir Putinapologized today to his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyevfor the “tragic incident” in Russian airspace with the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) passenger plane that crashed last Wednesday in Kazakhstan, the Kremlin reported.

In a telephone conversation with the president azerbaiyanoVladimir Putin “apologized for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace and once again expressed his deepest and sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to the injured,” it states. in the press release.

At that time, the statement underlines, “Grozni, Mozdok and Vladikavkaz “were attacked by Ukrainian combat drones and Russian air defense systems repelled these attacks.”

The AZAL plane, an Embraer 190 that was carrying out flight J2-8243 Baku-Grozny, was finally diverted to the airport in the Kazakh city of Aktaunext to which it crashed, an accident in which 38 people of its 67 occupants died.

This Friday, AZAL stated that the aircraft suffered “external physical and technical interference” as indicated by “preliminary results” of the investigation.

The day before, just over 24 hours after the air disaster, two sources from the Azerbaijani government They told EFE that the passenger plane had been hit by shrapnel from an anti-aircraft missile while flying in Grozny airspace.

And the incident, which was recorded on video even by the passengers of the plane themselves, shows how the aircraft fell in a rural area of ​​Kazakhstan. As a result of this incident, 29 survivors and 38 people died.

The precise causes of this tragedy are still unknown; However, several hypotheses are being put forward that would provide explanations for what happened.

What were the possible causes of the plane crash in Kazakhstan?

According to preliminary data, one of the hypotheses states that the air tragedy would have occurred due to the explosion of an oxygen cylinder that was in the aircraft, since in several recordings it is identified how, from one moment to the next, the aircraft falls directly towards the floor.

Azerbaijan Airlines, The airline that operated the flight also suggested that the accident could have been caused by the collision of the aircraft with a flock of birds flying in the same area.