Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 was en route from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it was diverted for reasons that aren't yet fully clear.
half-mast, traffic across the country stopped at noon, and sirens were sounded from ships and trainsSpeaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that the weather had forced the plane to change from its planned course.What do officials and experts say about a possible cause?Embraer told The Associated Press in a statement that the company is "ready to assist all relevant authorities".
Some aviation experts say the holes seen in the plane's tail section after the crash indicate that it could have come under fire from Russian air defence systems fending off a Ukrainian drone attack. FlightRadar24 said in an online post that the aircraft had faced "strong GPS jamming" that interfered with flight tracking data allowing to monitor planes' flight path.A day later, no definitive word
In Azerbaijan, Caliber online newspaper also claimed that the airliner was fired upon by a Russian Pantsyr-S air defence system and also had its systems affected by jamming equipment as it was approaching Grozny.St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov lays a bunch of flowers at the Consulate of Azerbaijan in the memory of victims of the Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 that crashed near the Kazakhstan's airport of Aktau.
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