Survivors of the Azerbaijan Airlines airliner that crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan on Wednesday claim they heard a loud bang before the plane began to fall. – It is clear that the plane was damaged in some way – reported by one of the passengers.
“After the explosion… I thought the plane was going to fall apart,” Sukhonkur Rakhimov, one of the survivors of the J2-8243 crash, told Reuters in an interview.
The man claims he heard a loud noise while on the cruise. Then he said a prayer and began to “prepare for the end.” – It is clear that the plane was damaged in some way – he claimed.
Air crash in Kazakhstan. Passenger reports noise
Another passenger, Vafa Shabanova, seems to corroborate the man's account. As she pointed out, there were two explosions. – It was very scary, – she said.
Shortly after, the stewardess allegedly told her to go to the back of the plane. The Reuters source added that there was a problem with oxygen levels in the cabin at the time of the explosion.
As one of the crew members, Zulfgar Asadov, explained, the pilot was unable to land at Grozny's airport due to heavy fog. So he decided to go in a circle, and at that moment he heard a bang outside the plane. – There were three bangs – the man declared, adding that they came from the left wing area.
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Stewards also confirmed that the cabin pressure had dropped significantly.
Is the Kremlin to blame for the plane crash?
On Friday, Azerbaijan Airlines suspended some flights to Russia. A statement also blamed “external physical and technological interference” for causing the disaster. A day earlier, Reuters reported that four sources involved in the Azerbaijani investigation confirmed that the plane was shot down as a result of erroneous actions by Russian air defenses.
General Kirillo Budanov, head of military intelligence of Ukraine, agrees with this theory. In an interview with military portal The War Zone, he said that Russian soldiers were responsible for the disaster. -As far as we know, the aircraft was shot down by Russia's Pantsir S1 air defense system over Russian territory, he said.
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Rasim Musabekov, a member of the Azerbaijani parliament, said that the Russian government was trying to “cover its tracks” through subsequent media reports. Regarding difficult weather conditions and the potential for pilot error.
An Embraer 190 plane crashed early Wednesday morning near the town of Aktau in western Kazakhstan. Earlier, the plane deviated from its intended flight route to Grozny in the Chechen Republic. Kazakh authorities announced that 38 of the 67 people on board were killed.
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