Azerbaijan Airlines flight J28243 crashed near Aktau city in western Kazakhstan on the morning of the 25th local time.Immediately after the
accident, the cause of the accident was that the captain changed course due to an emergency situation due to a collision with a flock of birds, based on preliminary information provided by Russia's civil aviation watchdog.
However, Reuters pointed out that emergency landings in the nearby fields are common, although an aircraft can be out of control if it is hit by a flock of birds.
The aircraft was originally scheduled to depart northwest from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku and head to Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic in southern Russia, but it does not explain why it crossed the Caspian Sea to Aktau in the east.
Some raise the possibility that the Russian military attacked the plane by mistaking it as a Ukrainian drone.
The destination of the plane was where Russian air defense systems operated in response to Ukrainian drones in recent weeks.
In particular, there are several holes in the tail of the plane, which some aviation experts argue coincides with the traces of the missile attack or the air defense system operating.
Reuters pointed to the recent Ukrainian drone strikes in the Chechnya region.
The AP quoted Flightradar24, an aircraft route tracking site, as saying that the aircraft experienced strong GPS interference.
He added that Russia has been accused of obstructing GPS transmission in a wide range of areas in the past.
According to foreign media on the 25th of local time, Kazakhstan's traffic incident prosecutor said he collected a black box of the plane from the accident site.
Azerbaijan's prosecution is also sending an investigation team headed by the deputy prosecutor to investigate the accident site.
"We cannot make any conclusions at this time," Azerbaijan's prosecutor general said. "We are reviewing all possible scenarios and experts are conducting the necessary analysis."
On-site recovery and survivor relief work are also underway.
The aircraft involved 67 people, including five crew members, of whom 38 died and 29 survived.
Three children are among the survivors.
Kazakhstan's Ministry of Emergency Situations sent 150 firefighters to the scene to extinguish the fire and transport the survivors to nearby hospitals.
Specialized medical professionals who will treat serious trauma were also dispatched to the scene on special flights.
President Aliyev signed a decree declaring the 26th as National Day of Mourning.
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