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.

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,

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.

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,

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.

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.

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Russia's foreign minister is the first official to comment on the data extracted from the Azerbaijan Airlines flight's black box.

Kazakhstan has received the decoded data from the two black boxes of the crashed Azerbaijan Airlines aircraft and is conducting further analysis of it

All decisions are not to get into the Grozny, do not fly to Makhachkala, follow back to Baku, and as a result, go to Aktau — the crew of the Embraer 190 aircraft of Azerbaijan Airlines, which crashed in Kazakhstan on December 25,

The crew of the crashed Embraer-190 aircraft of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) independently made all decisions about changing course and returning to the departure airport, follows from the transcript of the pilots' negotiations with dispatchers published by the Baza telegram channel.