Azerbaijan: The plane crash in Kazakhstan was caused by “external factors”.

According to Isna, on the morning of Wednesday, December 25, the passenger plane Embraer 190 of the Republic of Azerbaijan, which was flying from the city of Baku to Grozny, Russia, crashed near the city of Aktau in the west of Kazakhstan. The Federal Aviation Administration of Russia (RosAviatsia) announced that after the plane collided with a group of birds, the captain of the plane decided to divert the route and land at the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan.

A few hours ago, the head of the Russian Aviation Organization said that on the day and hours of the crash of the Azerbaijani plane, the destination city of the plane was targeted by a drone attack from Ukraine.

Pointing out that the situation around the Grozny airport was very complicated on the day and time of the incident, the Russian official said that at that time Ukrainian drones were attacking civilian infrastructure in the cities of Grozny and Vladikavkaz, which caused all the planes around the Grozny airport to Order to leave.

He also pointed to the thick fog that reduced visibility at an altitude of 500 meters, and said that the pilot was offered to land the plane at alternative airports, but the plane went to Octave after 2 unsuccessful attempts at the Grozny airport.

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