A preliminary investigation pointed to Russian air defenses as the cause of an Azerbaijan Airlines crash in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Azerbaijani sources said. Russia's civil aviation authority ...

Adverse weather conditions led to a diversion, the airline told BBC News. The flight-tracking website Flightradar24 shows that the plane made a crash-landing at about 06:28 local time near Aktau ...

Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 had flown hundreds of miles off its scheduled route from Azerbaijan to Russia to crash on the opposite shore of the Caspian Sea, after what Russia’s aviation ...

Rescuers rushed the 29 people who survived the crash to hospitals. Azerbaijan Airlines on Friday blamed the crash on unspecified "physical and technical interference" and announced the suspension ...

Twenty-nine survivors received hospital treatment. Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 had flown hundreds of miles off its scheduled route from Azerbaijan to Russia to crash on the opposite shore of ...

A survivor of Wednesday’s Azerbaijan Airlines crash said the plane’s pilots tried to land in Grozny, Chechnya three times, followed by an explosion outside the plane, according to an audio ...

Kazakhstani, Azerbaijani and Russian authorities said they were investigating the crash. Embraer said in a statement it is “ready to assist all relevant authorities”. Azerbaijan Airlines ...

It belongs to Azerbaijan Airlines," the ministry said on Telegram. bur/ach The ministry said emergency services were trying to put out a fire at the crash site. Russian news agencies said the plane ...