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  • As more details over Azerbaijan Airlines crash emerge, pilots and crew are hailed as heroes

    12/26/2024 8:36:13 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 30 replies
    Euronews ^ | 12/26/2024 | Staff
    As harrowing details emerge of the last moments of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432, which crashed on Wednesday in Aktau, the flight crew who did their best to save the passengers until the last moment are being hailed as heroes. -snip- Government sources have told Euronews that the damaged aircraft was not allowed to land at any Russian airports despite the pilots’ requests for an emergency landing, and it was ordered to fly across the Caspian Sea towards Aktau in Kazakhstan. According to data, the plane’s GPS navigation systems were jammed throughout the flight path above the sea. -snip- Remarkable airmanship...
  • Exclusive: Preliminary investigation confirms Russian missile caused Azerbaijan Airlines crash

    12/26/2024 6:39:04 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 21 replies
    Euronews ^ | 12/26/2024 | Staff
    Azerbaijani government sources have exclusively confirmed to Euronews 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 the shrapnel hit the passengers and cabin crew as it exploded next to the aircraft mid-flight. Government sources have told Euronews that the damaged aircraft was not allowed to land at any Russian airports despite the pilots’ requests for an emergency landing, and it was ordered to fly across the Caspian Sea towards Aktau in Kazakhstan. According...