Preliminary indications indicate that , which fell in Kazakhstan on Wednesday (25).
The information was transmitted this Thursday (26) by a United States government official to the agency Reuters.
The American official, who asked not to be identified, added that, if the indications are correct, they will show “Russian recklessness in the invasion of Ukraine”.
Tragedy
in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people after bypassing an area of Russia in which Moscow has used air defense systems against Ukrainian drone attacks in recent months.
Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 flew for a while outside its scheduled route from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Chechnya, and crashed on the opposite coast of the Caspian Sea, after which Russia’s aviation watchdog said be an emergency that may have been caused by a bird strike.
Authorities did not immediately explain why it crossed the sea, but the accident occurred after Ukrainian drone strikes hit the southern Russian region of Chechnya. The closest Russian airport in the plane’s flight path was closed on Wednesday morning.
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Authorities from Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have called for investigations into the accident.
NATO also requested a full investigation into the causes of the accident. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and victims of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J28243,” NATO spokeswoman Farah Dakhlallah said in a post on Platform X.
The Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center (Cenipa), a Brazilian aviation accident investigation body, reported that it is in contact with the Kazakh agency responsible for conducting the initial investigation actions “to provide any technical support that that authority deem necessary.”
