The President of Azerbaijan blamed the Russian Federation for the crash of the AZAL plane near Aktau.
President Ilham Aliyev said that Azerbaijan demands punishment for those responsible for the crash of the CJSC plane “Azerbaijan Airlines” (AZAL), which was operating the Baku-Grozny flight, crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau.
According to the Azerbaijani state news agency “AzerTaj”, he said this on Monday at a meeting with family members of the crew members who died in the plane crash and the surviving flight attendants.
“I can say with confidence that the blame for the fact that Azerbaijani citizens died in this disaster lies with the representatives of the Russian Federation. And we demand justice, we demand punishment for those responsible, we demand complete transparency and human behavior,” Aliyev said.
According to the Azerbaijani president, the process of decoding the “black boxes” is ongoing.
“I am sure that In the near future we will know the preliminary result, and everything will fall into place, the whole picture of the tragedy will be known. And this, of course, will be an important moment in the full investigation of this tragedy and the punishment of those responsible for it,” the head of state added.
On December 25, an Embraer plane of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), flying from Baku to Grozny, attempted to land near Aktau after Russian shelling near Grozny. There were 67 people on board, including five crew members. Of these, 42 were citizens of Azerbaijan, 16 were Russian, 6 were Kazakh, and 3 were Kyrgyz. 38 people died.
Aliyev said that the Russian side accidentally shot down the AZAL plane and tried to “hush up the issue.”
The media, citing sources in the Azerbaijani government, wrote that the cause of the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane was a Russian surface-to-air missile.
Recall that it was previously reported that Zelensky announced Russia's responsibility for the downed plane from Azerbaijan.
In addition, we previously reported that Azerbaijan Airlines named the cause of the crash.
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