Azerbaijani airliner plane crash: There is growing evidence that the tragic Azerbaijani airliner plane crash in Kazakhstan, which claimed 38 lives, may have been caused by a missile fired by Russian air defenses, according to a well-known Telegram channel closely associated with Russian security services.
The broadcaster, VChK-OGPU, reported on Irishstar that the passenger plane was misdiagnosed as a Ukrainian drone and was accidentally hit by a Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile. But this hasn’t been verified yet.
Irishstar quoted the outlet as saying, “In reality, the damage indicates that, most likely, a missile fired by air defence systems exploded near the plane. According to the materials we have obtained, that very strike occurred approximately 18 kilometres [11 miles] north, northwest of the airport in Grozny, over the Naursky district at an altitude of 2,400 metres [7,875ft]”.
The channel also refuted accusations from Russian media that a Ukrainian drone was responsible for the crash, stating that the damage seen on the plane’s fuselage is consistent with missile shrapnel damage rather than a bird strike or drone collision.
The crew first believed that the loss of control was caused by a bird attack, however the incomplete reported conversation between the pilots and air traffic control was leaked, proving that was not the case.
The pilot and air traffic control had the following conversation:
The pilots asked for assistance with “vectoring” to return to the departing airport in Baku at 8:12 a.m. as the aircraft suffered with GPS malfunction, most likely as a result of Grozny airport’s abrupt closure.
Ground control replied, “AXY8243,” after a pilot reported a “bird strike” in the cockpit at 8:16. I get it. What kind of assistance are you in need of?
The Mirror article claims that at first, the captain tried to get back to Baku, where he had come from. However, at 8:17, the pilot veered to the southern Russian airport at Mineralnye Vody.
The terrifying response to the request to “perform left orbit” from ground control was, “I can’t execute, control is lost.”
But at 8:21, the crew reported that the jet had completely lost control, and it finally disappeared from radar for 37 minutes until resurfacing close to Aktau, Kazakhstan, where it crashed.
Azerbaijani airliner plane crash
After being diverted, an Azerbaijani airplane crashed near Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 of the 67 passengers on board.
On Wednesday, the aircraft was diverted for unclear reasons while traveling from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to Grozny, a city in the North Caucasus region of Russia.
It flew east across the Caspian Sea and crashed while trying to land at Aktau, Kazakhstan.
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