Azerbaijani journalists have released a recording containing an order to open fire on an AZAL flight, which resulted in the ...

A CHILLING audio clip has emerged revealing the moment Russians shot down a passenger plane on Christmas that left 38 people ...

A drone view shows the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan on Dec. 25, 2024. Azamat Sarsenbayev / REUTERS ...

The conversation is said to have happened moments before Pantsir-S1 missiles were fired at the passenger plane.

A rift has developed between Russia and Azerbaijan, which have had long political, economic and cultural ties.

The wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lays on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. ... returned to Azerbaijan on hearing news of the crash, ...

Evidence collection efforts underway at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 27, 2024. Meiramgul Kussainova/Anadolu via Getty Images ...

The wreckage of an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lays on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on December 25, 2024. Dozens of people have survived the plane crash in Kazakhstan ...

Some 28 survive plane crash in Kazakhstan that killed dozens, ... A drone view shows the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan on Dec. 25, 2024.

On the morning of December 25, 2025, an Embraer 190 passenger aircraft of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) crashed near Aktau in western Kazakhstan while en route from Baku to Grozny. The exact cause ...

Azerbaijani journalists have released audio evidence suggesting that an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) passenger plane, which ...

Wreckage of plane passenger plane Embraer ERJ-190AR at the crash site near Aktau, Kazakhstan, 25 December 2024. EFE-EPA/STR ...