The Russians attacked the plane on approach to Grozny with a missile from the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft complex, then barred it from landing at any airport in the Russian Federation and jammed its electronic warfare communications, it said. of resources.
An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashed in Kazakhstan after it was hit by Russian air defense in the city of Grozny, where it was flying from Baku. Euronews reported this with reference to sources in the Azerbaijani government on Thursday, December 26.
“A Russian surface-to-air missile caused the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane in Aktau on Wednesday,” the report said.
The interlocutors of the publication say that the missile was fired at flight 8432 while it was over Grozny, in the area where drone activity was recorded. It exploded near the side, and its fragments hit the passengers and crew.
“Government sources said the damaged plane was not allowed to land at any Russian airport, despite the pilot’s requests for an emergency landing, and was ordered to fly across the Caspian Sea to Aktau in Kazakhstan,” said of the article.
At the same time, the aircraft’s GPS navigation systems were jammed throughout the flight over the sea.
And the Azerbaijani publication AnewZ claims that the Russians attacked the plane on approach to Grozny with a missile from an anti-aircraft complex Pantsir-S.
In addition, as a result of the use of electronic warfare equipment by the Russian side, the communication system of the Azerbaijani aircraft was completely paralyzed. That is why the plane disappeared from Russian airspace radars and was only recovered in the Caspian Sea area.
The Azerbaijani publication Caliber suggests that the Russians ordered the crew to go to Aktau for one purpose: if the plane fell into the Caspian Sea, then all the witnesses would die and the plane would sink.
We remind you that on December 25, an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed in Kazakhstan. 38 people died then. There were a total of 67 people on board, mostly Azerbaijani citizens.
At the same time, yesterday the media reported that the plane could attack from the ground. Videos with footage from the disaster scene have been released. Damage similar to traces from the elements of destruction can be seen on the casing.
Source: korrespondent
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