Newsweek has reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry for comment via email. Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 caught fire as it tried to make an emergency landing in Aktau, southwestern ...

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

On Dec. 25, an Embraer 190 plane, operating as Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Russia, crashed near Aktau International Airport in Kazakhstan. The crash ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 24.​ In a heartfelt initiative led by local residents, a memorial site is being established in ...

Russia's civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, initially said it appeared the pilots diverted to Aktau after a bird strike. Later, Russian and Azerbaijani officials suggested the plane had been ...

Russia's civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, said that preliminary information indicated the pilots diverted to Aktau after a bird strike led to an emergency on board. Authorities in Azerbaijan ...

The aircraft was flying from Baku in Azerbaijan to Grozny in Russia when it crashed near Aktau in Kazakhstan, the spokesperson said. The flight had been rerouted to Aktau due to fog in Grozny ...

The investigation into the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) aircraft near Aktau Airport in Kazakhstan entered its ...

An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, killing 38 people and leaving 29 survivors, a Kazakh official said. Deputy Prime Minister Kanat ...

The investigation into the recent incident involving an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) aircraft in Aktau, Kazakhstan, has ...

as numerous global airlines now don't fly over Russia. On December 25, 2024, Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243 crashed near Aktau airport in Kazakhstan. While the plane made attempts to land at its ...