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On Christmas Day, the plane, operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, was flying from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to Grozny, the capital of Chechnya in Russia, when it crashed. Thirty-eight people were killed, and 29 survived.
“We have seen some early indications that would certainly point to the possibility that this jet was brought down by Russian air defense systems,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Friday. Earlier, Azerbaijan Airlines said the plane crashed “due to external physical and technical interference,” according to the investigation’s preliminary findings. “This is evidenced by the appearance of the plane’s wreckage on the ground and eyewitness testimony,” Azerbaijani Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev said,Russian officials initially claimed the plane went down due to a combination of weather and a collision with a flock of birds. However, visible damage to the tail of the plane, which has been seen in images and video circulating on social media and posted by authorities in Kazakhstan, the location of the crash, indicated the impact of an air-defense missile. The wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lays on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. Kirby noted the evidence of Russian interference with the flight went beyond widely circulated images of the wreckage, but he did not provide further details. Azerbaijan Airlines has since suspended flights to several Russian cities due to “potential risks to flight safety.” Although no Americans were on board, the U.S. government has offered to assist Kazakh and Azerbaijani officials in the investigation.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER “The plane was shot down on Russian territory, in the sky over Grozny. And it is impossible to deny this,” Musabekov said. “Those who did this should be held criminally liable, compensation for the deaths of people and the victims should be paid,” Musabekov said. “If this does not happen, then the relationship will, of course, shift to a different level.”
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