A passenger jet crashed in Kazakhstan, killing at least 38 people on board. The incident is being investigated, with early indications suggesting a possible Russian air defense system involvement.
At least 38 of the 67 people on board the plane were killed in the crash, Kazakh authorities confirmed, including two pilots and a flight attendant. People from Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan were among those on board, according to preliminary data from Kazakhstan 's transport ministry. One passenger told Reuters in an interview on Friday that he didn't think he would survive after he heard a loud bang and the plane started to 'behave unnaturally'.
A US official told CNN on Thursday that early indications suggest a Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed the passenger jet. Reuters also reported that the plane was downed by a Russian air defence system, citing multiple unnamed sources in Azerbaijan with knowledge of the investigation. Russia said on Friday that the passenger jet was diverted from its original destination in Grozny, Chechnya because of Ukrainian drones in the area, as well as fog. While flight J2-8243 was trying to land in the southern Russian republic, 'Ukrainian combat drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the cities of Grozny and Vladikavkaz,' Dmitry Yadrov, head of Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency, said. Members of an investigation committee and local officials walk past the wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 lying on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan. (AP) Because of this, Yadrov said, the area's skies were closed, which meant that aircraft in the vicinity needed to leave the airspace immediately. The plane's pilot attempted to land in Grozny twice, Yadrov said, but was unsuccessfu
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