The plane had a non-standard flight pattern and altitude.
Russian military could have shot down the Azerbaijan Airlines plane for a drone, mistaking it for drone.
NBC News writes about this.
Officials, on condition of anonymity, reported that the US has intelligence that the Russians could have perceived the Azerbaijani passenger plane as a drone, so they attacked it with air defense systems.
The publication writes that the plane could have been confused with a drone due to the fact that it had an unusual flight pattern and altitude. The sources added that the investigation into the case is currently ongoing.
Recall that it was previously reported that Zelensky stated that Russia was responsible for the downed plane from Azerbaijan.
In addition, we previously reported that Azerbaijan Airlines named the cause of the crash.
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