The deadly Christmas Day crash of an Azerbaijani plane in Kazakhstan was likely caused by a Russian air defence system, military and aviation experts have said. It comes after sources close to Azerbaijan’s investigation into the incident said fire from a Russian Pantsir-S air defence system was believed to be behind the devastating crash,

Experts say evidence in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan points to a possible midair explosion, not an encounter with a flock of birds.

A plane carrying seven people injured in the Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 crash arrived at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku on Thursday evening. The plane was en route from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it was diverted and crashed while making an attempt to land in Aktau,