Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash: What we know so far about the tragedy that killed 38
It was Christmas Day when a passenger plane crashed in western Kazakhstan, near the city of Aktau. Out of 67 people on board, 38 died and
People on crashed Azerbaijani plane say they heard bangs before it went down
Sources told Reuters the plane had been hit by Russian fire. "It was as if it was drunk - not the same plane anymore," one passenger recalled.
As more details over Azerbaijan Airlines crash emerge, pilots and crew are hailed as heroes
Captain Igor Kshnyakin, co-pilot Aleksandr Kalyaninov and purser Hokuma Aliyeva lost their lives in the crash landing, while the other two flight attendants, Zulfugar Asadov and Aidan Rahimli, reportedly survived and were being treated in hospital.
Azerbaijan pays tribute to pilots and passengers who perished in air crash
Captain Igor Kshnyakin and co-pilot Alexander Kalyaninov, both ethnic Russians with Azerbaijan citizenship, and Hokuma Aliyeva, a flight attendant, were given full honours at a ceremony at the Alley of Honour in central Baku attended by President Ilham Aliyev and his wife, Mehriban.
Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash: what do we know?
A passenger jet operated by Azerbaijan Airlines crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, after diverting from an area of southern Russia where Moscow has repeatedly used air defence systems against Ukrainian attack drones.
Putin apologizes for deadly Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the deadly Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crash on Christmas but did not take responsibility for causing it as an investigation continues into the matter.
Footage shows survivors walking from crashed Azerbaijani plane
Footage shows survivors walking and being dragged away from the tail section of a crashed Azerbaijan Airlines plane. Wednesday's flight from Baku to Grozny in the Russian republic of Chechnya was diverted across the Caspian Sea and went down near the western Kazakhstan city of Aktau.
Kazakhstan plane crash survivors say they heard bangs before aircraft went down
Survivors of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day say they heard at least one loud bang before the aircraft crashed.
Exclusive: Survivors on Azerbaijani plane say they heard bangs before it went down
Two passengers and one crew member told Reuters that they heard at least one loud bang as their flight approached its original destination of Grozny in Russia.
Azerbaijani and U.S. officials suggest plane that crashed may have been hit by weapons fire
U.S. and Azerbaijani officials have said weapons fire may have brought down an Azerbaijani airliner that crashed on Wednesday, killing 38 people
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