Azerbaijan Airlines Flight crashed in Aktau, Kazakhstan while attempting to land amid Russian emergency airspace closure due to Ukrainian drone threat.
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Azerbaijani aircraft crashed during emergency airspace closure over Chechnya
The Embraer 190 plane of an Azerbaijani airline, en route from Baku to Grozny, was shot down by a Russian air defense system
Russia failed to close the airspace over Grozny, which could have prevented the tragedy
The plane was damaged by the Russians and was sent to Kazakhstan, instead of making an emergency landing in Grozny to save lives
The Dec. 25 Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash, likely caused by Russian air defense
A Russian surface-to-air missile was fired at the Azerbaijan Airlines plane during drone activity over Grozny
A Russian surface-to-air missile fired from a Pantsir-S system caused the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 near Aktau, killing 38 people.
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