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There are early indications {that a} Russian anti-aircraft system might have hit the Azerbaijan Airways airplane that crashed in Kazakhstan, killing dozens, a US official advised ABC Information.
If these indications show true, they might additional underline Russia’s recklessness in invading Ukraine, the official added.
A drone shot exhibits emergency specialists working on the crash website of an Azerbaijan Airways passenger airplane close to the town of Aktau, Kazakhstan, December 25, 2024.
Azamat Sarsenbayev/Reuters
The White Home referred ABC Information to officers within the area because the investigation continued.
Not less than 38 folks have been killed and 29 others have been injured after the Azerbaijan Airways passenger airplane crashed close to Kazakhstan’s Aktau Airport on Wednesday morning, a spokesperson for Kazakhstan’s Emergency Conditions Ministry advised ABC Information.
Most of the 29 survivors have been hospitalized, together with two youngsters, the spokesperson mentioned.
The airplane was flying from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Russia, when it crashed close to Aktau, Kazakhstan, the spokesman mentioned. The flight was diverted to Aktau as a result of fog in Grozny, Russian information companies reported.
Emergency specialists work on the crash website of an Azerbaijan Airways passenger airplane close to the town of Aktau, Kazakhstan, December 25, 2024.
Ministry of Emergency Conditions of Kazakhstan through Reuters
The Prosecutor Normal’s Workplace of Azerbaijan has launched a felony case into the circumstances of the crash, officers introduced at a press convention on Wednesday.
“At the moment, the investigation course of is underway in cooperation with the Prosecutor’s Workplace of Kazakhstan. All variations are being investigated within the felony case,” mentioned Farid Huseynov, a spokesman for Azerbaijan Airways.
Aviation authorities from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia are working collectively to find out the precise reason for the crash, a spokesman for the Kazakh Emergency Conditions Ministry mentioned.
Emergency specialists work on the crash website of an Azerbaijan Airways passenger airplane close to the western Kazakh metropolis of Aktau, December 25, 2024.
Issa Tazhenbayev/AFP through Getty Pictures
The airplane was carrying 69 folks: 64 passengers and 5 crew members. Primarily based on preliminary information, the passengers included 37 Azerbaijani residents, six from Kazakhstan, three from Kyrgyzstan and 16 from Russia, officers mentioned.
Embraer, the plane producer, launched an announcement on the crash, saying: “We’re carefully monitoring the scenario and we stay absolutely dedicated to supporting the related authorities.”
ABC Information’ Dragana Jovanovic and David Brennan contributed to this report.
