Aircraft crash in Kazakhstan: suspected of Russian rocket fire!

Aircraft crash in Kazakhstan: suspected of Russian rocket fire!

On Wednesday there was a tragic aircraft crash of a machine of the Azerbaijan Airlines in Kazakhstan, in which 38 of the 67 passengers lost life. The investigation into the reasons for the crash is already running, whereby the first indications indicate that the plane was damaged by an “influence from outside”. According to the airline, a Russian floor air rocket could be the cause of how the news platform Today reported.

Investigations and reactions

The Azerbaijani government is convinced that it was an arms of weapons, with the Minister of Transport Rashad Nabiyev explained that the current investigations will be clarified with what type of weapon the misfortune was caused. Witnesses and damage to the machine wreck indicates that the aircraft was hit during the landing test near Aktau above the original Grosny destination airport in Russia. Survivors report an explosion and several large strokes on the machine. A survivor described: "We waited for death," said Zaur Mamedow in an interview with Welt .

In response to the incident, Azerbaijan Airlines set air traffic to ten Russian cities, including important destinations such as Sochi and Volgograd. This decision will come into force from Saturday. The company is concerned about the safety of its flights and has decided to suspend some connections due to the current situation. In addition, two of the survivors are resident in Germany, which increases international attention to the incident.