Azerbaijani passenger plane crash: Evidence is mounting that the ill-fated Azerbaijani plane crash in Kazakhstan, which killed 38 people, may have been caused by a missile fired by Russian air defences, a prominent Telegram channel closely linked to Russia’s security services has claimed.
According to Irish Star reportVChK-OGPU suggested that the passenger plane was mistakenly targeted by a Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile after it was misidentified as a Ukrainian drone. However, this has not been confirmed yet.
He added: “In fact, the damage indicates that, most likely, a missile fired by air defense systems exploded near the plane. According to the materials we obtained, that same strike occurred about 18 kilometers away.” [11 miles] North and northwest of Grozny Airport above the Norsky district at an altitude of 2400 metres [7,875ft]“, Irishstar quoted the outlet as saying.
HT cannot independently verify this information.
The channel also noted that the apparent damage on the fuselage was consistent with missile fragments, rather than a bird or drone collision, refuting Russian media reports claiming that a Ukrainian drone caused the accident.
The alleged partial communication leak between the pilots and air traffic control indicates that the loss of control that the crew had previously believed was due to a bird strike was not the case at all.
The following is the dialogue between the pilot and air traffic control:
At 8:12 a.m., while the plane was experiencing a GPS malfunction, the pilots requested assistance with a “turn” to return to the departure airport in Baku, likely after the sudden closure of Grozny Airport.
At 8:16, the pilot reported a “bird strike” in the cockpit, to which ground control responded, “AXY8243 I understand, what kind of assistance do you need?”
According to the Mirror report, the captain initially sought to return to his starting point, Baku. But at 8:17 the pilot changed course to Mineralnye Vody Airport in southern Russia.
When ground control asked her to “execute left orbit,” the terrifying response was, “I can’t execute, I’m out of control.”
However, by 8:21, the crew reported a complete loss of control, and the plane eventually disappeared from radar for 37 minutes before reappearing near Aktau, Kazakhstan, where it crashed.
Azerbaijani passenger plane crash
An Azerbaijani passenger plane crashed in Kazakhstan after being diverted, killing 38 of the 67 people on board, on Wednesday.
The plane was on its way from the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday, when its course was diverted for reasons that are not yet completely clear.
It crashed while trying to land in Aktau, Kazakhstan, after flying east across the Caspian Sea.
