Azerbaijan Plane Crash Investigation Begins: What to Know
Thursday is an official day of mourning in Azerbaijan as an investigation is underway to determine what caused an airplane carrying 67 passengers to crash on Christmas Day in Kazakhstan, killing 38 and leaving at least 29 survivors.
Plane Crash Investigators Focus on Russian Air Defenses as Possible Cause
Russian aviation authorities said the Azerbaijan Airlines plane had hit a flock of birds. But some experts cast doubt on that account, pointing to footage showing apparent holes in the fuselage.
Plane crash probe in Kazakhstan underway as speculation mounts about cause
Even as a probe was starting of the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines airliner in Kazakhstan, speculation was mounting about why the plane went down.
Dozens killed as passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan
The Azerbaijan Airlines flight from Baku to Grozny in Russia was carrying 67 people when it crashed near Aktau early Wednesday. Kazakh officials said 29 people survived.
Plane Crash Today: Video Shows Passengers Emerge From Wreckage
There are dozens of survivors and many feared dead after an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed down in Kazakhstan.
What is known about a plane crash in Kazakhstan that killed 38 of 67 people on board
The crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan has killed 38 of 67 people on board. Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijani capital Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it was diverted for reasons that aren’t fully clear yet.
Plane crash in Kazakhstan killed dozens, but nearly half of those on board survived, officials say
Mobile phone footage circulating online appeared to show the Azerbaijani Airlines plane making a steep descent before slamming into the ground in a fireball in western Kazakhstan.
Dozens survive Kazakhstan passenger plane crash
Dozens of people have survived a crash involving a plane carrying 67 people in Kazakhstan, local officials say. Kazakh authorities said 38 people were killed in the crash. Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 caught fire as it attempted to make an emergency landing near the Kazakh city of Aktau.
'Great tragedy': 38 dead after passenger plane crashes en route to Russia
A passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia with 67 people on board crashed in Kazakhstan Wednesday, authorities said.
Russian survivors of Kazakhstan plane crash arrive in Moscow
A special Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations flight carrying nine Kazakhstan plane crash survivors, including a child, landed early on Thursday at Zhukovsky airport outside Moscow.
Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck Azerbaijan plane: US official
There are early indications that a Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in ...
Azerbaijan Airlines plane ‘likely shot down by Russian air defences’
An Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed on Christmas Day was “likely shot down by a Russian military air defence system,” a ...
Dead body found in wheel well of United plane from Chicago to Maui
United Airlines has confirmed that a body was found in the wheel well of one of its planes after landing in Maui.