Leaked radio transcript details the tragic final moments of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, which crashed near Aktau on December 25, killing 38 of the 67 passengers and crew. The transcript outlines a series of technical failures and emergencies that unfolded during what began as a routine flight from Baku to Grozny.

Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault.

The Telegram channel Baza has published what appears to be the full transcript of communications between the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed on December 25 and air traffic controllers in Grozny,

Airlines including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic continue to fly a matter of miles from the GPS-jammed Russian region where an Azerbaijan Airlines plane was hit by suspected air defence missiles on Christmas Day.

Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 was traveling from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny, but was forced to make an emergency landing in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day. Thirty-eight of the 67 people on board died in the crash. “I can confidently say ...

Azerbaijan Airlines announced that it is indefinitely suspending all its flights between Baku and Kazan “due to the recent regular closure of airspace over Kazan.” The measure is necessary “to ensure flight safety,

The Kremlin has declined to state that Russian forces were responsible for downing the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 on December 25, 2024. Russia acknowledged that its air defense systems were active at the time of the incident to shoot down Ukrainian drones but has stopped short of saying it brought down the aircraft.

However, the footage being shared was not filmed on the Azerbaijan Airlines flight—it actually shows an Air Algérie flight on 22 September 2024. This flight was due to land in Istanbul but returned to Algiers, from where it had taken off, because of a technical problem. The plane landed safely and no one was injured.

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Russia's relevant authorities have gathered evidence, which they will later jointly analyze to identify the responsible parties. Currently, the Russian Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor General's Office are conducting the necessary investigative actions in this direction," he added.

Accidents and incidents with passenger jets are always tragic, particularly when human error is the main contributing factor. In the last several decades alone, there have been many instances of accidental shootdowns of passenger jets around the world.

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A Ryanair flight from London Luton has been forced to abort its landing after the plane's GPS signal was 'jammed' near the boarder with Russia.