Israel's flag carrier El Al said it suspended all flights from Tel Aviv to Moscow due to “changes in Russian airspace”. In a statement, the airline said it would “reassess the situation” within a week. This decision is related to the reports about the shooting down of the plane in Kazakhstan by a Russian missile.
The decision of the Israeli airline is the result of preliminary assessments that the plane of the Azerbaijan airline, which crashed yesterday in Kazakhstan, was shot down by the Russian air defense system.
During the next assessment, El Al Israel Airlines will decide whether the route will resume or not” and will send passengers information about the development.
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Plane crash in Kazakhstan
An Embraer 190 passenger plane flying from Baku, Azerbaijan to Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, crashed on Wednesday morning near the city of Aktau on the banks of the Khazarian River in Kazakhstan. 38 out of 67 people on board the plane died in this accident.
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On Wednesday evening, a preliminary version of the incident was reported that due to thick fog over Grozny, the plane had to be diverted to the alternative airport of the capital of Russia's Dagestan – Makhachkala, but the car – as reported by the Russian aviation authority Rosaviats. time – most likely to collide with a flock of birds, which does not cause the failure of the control system.
On Thursday, the media reported, citing sources familiar with the investigation, that the plane was shot down by a Russian air defense system.
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