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Analysts said Russian air defenses, not a bird strike, may have caused the plane to go down. AdvertisementHowever, analysts said that Russian air defenses may have been behind the incident, which killed 38 of the 67 people on board, including both pilots. But others have also suggested that Russian air defenses may have played a role. The Azerbaijan Airlines flight was en route to Grozny, which Ukrainian drones have targeted in recent attacks. Advertisement"The location of the damage is all focused around the tail section," he added, "which would be very unlikely for a bird strike."
Persons: Andriy Kovalenko, Matthew Borie, Oliver Alexander, Alexander, Dmitry Peskov, Samir Rzayev, Ilham Aliyev, Euronews Organizations: Azerbaijan Airlines, Analysts, Ukraine's Center, Business, Malaysian Airlines, District, BI, BBC, Azerbaijan Airline's, Azerbaijan's Foreign Affairs Locations: Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Caucasus, Ukrainian, Grozny, North Ossetia, North Caucasus, Vladikavkas
Azerbaijani sources said Russian air defenses, not a bird strike, downed the airliner. AdvertisementHowever, Azerbaijani sources said a preliminary investigation has found Russian air defenses caused the crash, which killed 38 of the 67 people on board, including both pilots. On Wednesday, Andriy Kovalenko, the head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation, said in an X post that the plane was "shot down by a Russian air defense system." Others have also suggested that Russian air defenses likely played a role as images of the crash and the plane's flight track emerged. However, on Thursday, unnamed Azerbaijani government sources told Euronews that a preliminary investigation had found that a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the crash.
Persons: Andriy Kovalenko, Matthew Borie, Oliver Alexander, Alexander, Dmitry Peskov, Samir Rzayev, Ilham Aliyev, Euronews Organizations: Azerbaijan Airlines, Aviation, Azerbaijan Airlines aircraft, New York Times, Ukraine, Ukraine's Center, Business, Malaysian Airlines, District, BI, BBC, Azerbaijan Airline's, Foreign Affairs Locations: Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Russian, Russia, Caucasus, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Grozny, North Ossetia, North Caucasus, Vladikavkas
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