Brazil hands black box data from crashed plane to Kazakhstan
Brazil hands black box data from crashed plane to Kazakhstan

Brazils air force said Monday it had extracted the data from two black box recorders belonging to a crashed Azerbaijan Airlines plane that Baku claims was downed by Russia on Christmas Day. The Brazilian-made Embraer 190, crash-landed in Kazakhstan after being diverted from a scheduled landing...

Brazilian investigators join forces to extract data from crashed Azerbaijani Airliner’s black box
Brazilian investigators join forces to extract data from crashed Azerbaijani Airliner’s black box

A team of Brazilian air force investigators is collaborating with experts from three other countries to analyze data extracted from the black box of an Azerbaijani airliner that tragically crashed in Kazakhstan on December 25, killing 38 people. Azerbaijan has claimed the aircraft was...

Azerbaijan urges Russia to accept blame for plane crash
Azerbaijan urges Russia to accept blame for plane crash

Azerbaijans President Ilham Aliyev has called on Russia to accept blame for a plane crash on Christmas Day that killed 38 people. The plane is thought to have come under fire from Russian air defence systems as it tried to land in Chechnya before being diverted to Kazakhstan, where it crashed,...

Putin apologizes to Azerbaijani president for downed jet
Putin apologizes to Azerbaijani president for downed jet

Daily Star reported Russian President Vladimir Putin has publicly apologized to his counterpart in Azerbaijan for a major error which saw a fighter jet crash down to the ground. The Russian leader sent his regret to the Azerbaijani president after a lengthy phone call with him on Christmas day....

Survivors on Azerbaijani plane say they heard bangs before it went down
Survivors on Azerbaijani plane say they heard bangs before it went down

Two passengers and one crew member on the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan told Reuters that they heard at least one loud bang as it approached its original destination of Grozny in southern Russia. Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau...

Azerbaijan plane crashed 'due to physical and technical external interference': airline
Azerbaijan plane crashed 'due to physical and technical external interference': airline

Azerbaijan Airlines said Friday that the preliminary results of an investigation into the plane that crashed in Kazakhstan pointed to physical and technical external interference, amid growing speculation it was hit by a Russian air defence system. Announcing the suspension of flights to 10...

Kazakhstan says at least 28 survived in Azerbaijan Airlines’ plane crash
Kazakhstan says at least 28 survived in Azerbaijan Airlines’ plane crash

An Azerbaijani airliner has crashed in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau with Kazakhstans Emergency Ministry now saying that at least 28 people survived the crash, which could mean that over 30 people are likely dead. Four bodies have been recovered till now, reports AP. The ministry confirmed in a...

Azerbaijan plane carrying 70 people crashes in Kazakhstan with near 60 feared dead
Azerbaijan plane carrying 70 people crashes in Kazakhstan with near 60 feared dead

An Embraer passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with 67 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying 14 people had survived. Unverified video of the crash showed the plane, which was operated by...