The flight 8243 of Azerbaijan Airlines was shot down on December 25 by a missile of a pantsir-S1 system brought from Syria to Russia, killing 38 people and injuring 29 others, reveal sources.
ADVERTISEMENTNew discoveries emanating from Russian sources suggest that the flight 8243 of Azerbaijan Airlines has been shot by a missile drawn from an air defense system Pantsir-S1 transported from Syria in Russia, according to reliable sources close to the survey mentioned exclusively by International media based in Azerbaijan. ANEWZ channel and reported for the first time in Europe by Euronews.
Electronic war systems were deployed against the Azerbaijani plane on December 25 while he was preparing to land in Grozny, causing serious dysfunctions of its control systems before its crash near Aktau airport in Kazakhstan Anewz reported based on his sources.
According to Anewz, Russian investigators identified both the individual who launched the missile and the responsible officer who gave the order.
Diplomatic sources in Azerbaijan have told Anewz that Bakou refuses that the case will be “stifled” and remains resolved to demand accounts from Russia.
This implies bringing the case to international courts if Moscow refuses to assume the responsibility of the tragedy in which 38 passengers died and 29 survived injuries.
“Excuse yourself, recognize your guilt, punish the culprits”
The day after the crash, Azerbaijani government sources told Euronews that a Russian floor-to-air missile caused the Azerbaijan Airlines aircraft crash in Aktau.
According to sources, the missile was fired on the flight 8432 during an air activity of drone over Grozny, and the bursts of shells touched the passengers and the cabin staff while they exploded next to The plane in full flight.
Government sources have told Euronews that the damaged plane had not been authorized to land in any Russian airport despite the requests for the emergency landing of the pilots, and that he had received the order to fly over the Caspian Sea In the direction of Aktau, Kazakhstan. According to data, the plane GPS navigation systems were scrambled throughout the flight trajectory over the sea.
Three days after the crash, in a speech to the nation, President Azerbaijani Ilham Aliyev said: “We can say in complete clarity that the plane was shot down by Russia. (…) We do not say that it was done intentionally, but it was done.
At that time, on December 29, Aliyev declared that Bakou had sent three requests to Russia in relation to the accident.
“First, the Russian party must apologize to Azerbaijan. Second, he must admit his guilt. Third, punish the culprits, translate them into criminal liability and pay compensation to the Azerbaijani state, injured passengers and crew members, “said Aliyev.
Aliyev stressed that the first request had been “already satisfied” when Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized on December 28. Putin called the “tragic incident” accident, without recognizing Moscow’s responsibility.
On the same day, the government of Kazakhstan told Euronews that it had decided to send the flight recorders to the plane to Brazil to contribute to the complete and unequivocal disclosure of the facts surrounding the tragedy – a decision indicating that the Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan were aligned in their quest for a transparent investigation. .
Additional sources • Newz
