New findings emerging from Russian sources suggest that Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 was downed by a missile fired from a Pantsir-S1 air defence system which was brought from Syria to Russia, ...

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was offering explanations for the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that had killed 38 people days earlier. Perhaps it was a flock of birds, Mr. Putin said ...

The last portion of the flight was operated in an area of good coverage.” The website of Azerbaijan Airlines says the airline, which is a member of the International Air Transport Association ...

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It’s a topic on many travelers’ minds after a string of recent airline disasters, including a Jeju Air crash in South Korea and the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane. AirlineRatings.com ...

The European Aviation Safety Agency has warned airlines against flying over western Russia due to the risk of being shot down. It comes after Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 was severely damaged ...

Baku said Thursday that the EU expressed support for its position on the need for a thorough investigation into the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane crash at the end of last year. A statement by ...

On December 25, an Azerbaijan Airlines flight took off from Baku, Azerbaijan, en route to Grozny, the capital of Chechnya in southern Russia. An initial Azerbaijan investigation found that the ...

Russia’s apparent strike on an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer E190 approaching Grozny on Dec. 25 could have been avoided if Russia had closed airspace around the city sooner amid an apparent drone ...

Azerbaijani authorities investigating last week's Azerbaijan Airlines crash in Kazakhstan are probing the "disturbing" possibility that Russian air traffic controllers may have directed the damaged ...