Hit by way of a Chicken or Shot by way of a Russian Missile?

AKTAU – Plane Azerbaijan Airways Flight 8243 which crashed whilst en path to Russia on Christmas Day (25/12/2024) killed 38 of the 67 other people on board.

The Russian Federal Air Delivery Company (Rosaviatsiya) claimed that the airplane crashed after colliding with a flock of birds, prompting the pilot to aim an emergency touchdown. All through the maneuver, the airplane crashed into the bottom.

On the other hand, Russian unbiased media; Medusareported that the airplane was once most probably shot down by way of a missile fired by way of Moscow’s air protection gadget.

The airplane was once wearing dozens of passengers from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny in Russia’s Chechen Republic. However it crashed close to the coastal town of Aktau in Kazakhstan.

There have been 67 other people on board the airplane, together with 42 voters of Azerbaijan, 16 voters of Russia, six voters of Kazakhstan and 3 voters of Kyrgyzstan.

Consistent with the most recent knowledge from the related government in Kazakhstan, 38 other people died within the twist of fate.

Consistent with experiences Medusa, Thursday (26/12/2024), the possible use of an air protection gadget was once in keeping with a number of earlier Russian media experiences which mentioned that Chechnya was once attacked by way of drones at the morning of December 25.

Additional, record Medusa stated that photos of the airplane confirmed the have an effect on path of a giant surface-to-air missile at the tail of the airplane.

Survivors stated they heard an explosion after the airplane’s failed touchdown try in Grozny, in line with different unbiased Russian media; Mediazona.