Airplane crash in Kazakhstan: Was it hit by Russia's air defense?

Airplane crash in Kazakhstan: Was it hit by Russia's air defense?

After the crash of a passenger plane from the Azerbaijan Airlines in Kazakhstan two weeks ago, in which 38 people died and 29 survived, experts explain the airspace over Russia to be "high -risk". The incident that occurred on December 25th near the city of Aktau alerted the European Air Safety Agency (EASA). Due to the conflict in Ukraine, there is an increased risk that civil aircraft in Russian airspace could become unintentionally target of military attacks, the authority said. Azerbaijan and Russia are now investigating together after Azerbaijan assumed that the aircraft was shot down by a Russian air defense system when it made a detour before the landing test in Grosny, such as the Austrian Nachrichten reported.

cause of the crash in the focus

Before it became known that the accident occurred while the machine was on the way from Baku to Grosny, but deviated far from the course and flew over the Caspian Sea. Witnesses report that the plane flown several maneuvers before it crashed near Aktau. The Russian aviation authority refers to security reasons why the plane did not land. Further investigations showed that there may be a collision with external influences, the Tagesschau . There could be holes in the wreck that indicate an attack. The survivor describes an explosion experience shortly before the crash, which reinforces the assumptions about a fake military fire.

The incident is examined closely in both Azerbaijan and Russia. Azerbaijanic media report that there are signs that a Russian defense system like the "Pantsir-S" could have led to the accident. The political tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia, especially after Azerbaijan, intensified the Russian answer as inadequate and spoke of an "accidental shooting". In response to the incident, several airlines temporarily suspended their connections to Russian airspace, including the Azerbaijan Airlines, which strokes five destinations in Russia and issued security warnings.