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Yesterday, I wrote about Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2 8243 was flying from Baku’s Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD) to Grozny Airport (GRZ) in Russia’s Chechnya. The 301-mile flight was forced to divert to Aqtau International Airport (SCO) and crashed near the airport. Initial reports blamed a bird strike, but it now appears that the crash could have been caused by a Russian surface-to-air missile.
Extremely likely that Azerbaijan Airlines flight J28243 from Baku to Grozny has been shut down by Russian air defense. Shrapnel impact clearly visible on the Embraer ERJ190 fuselage. pic.twitter.com/9CJoKfKDhY
— Christopher Potter (@chris_p_potter) December 25, 2024
Pictures that subsequently were released on social media show the aircraft peppered with shrapnel damage across the fuselage. An official crash investigation has been started and some believe that it could have come under fire from Russian air defense systems fending off a Ukrainian drone attack.
Azerbaijani government sources have confirmed to media on Thursday that a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Aktau on Wednesday.
According to the sources, the missile was fired at Flight 8432 during drone air activity above Grozny, and… pic.twitter.com/aXP8TPbs8B
— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) December 26, 2024
Anthony’s Take: This is a sad situation and it looks like innocent civilians were now caught in the crosshairs of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. The investigation will provide more details, but 38 lives were lost yesterday including the two pilots.
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