Experts say evidence in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan points to a possible midair explosion, not an encounter with a flock of birds.

The crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane is horrific. We express our condolences to Azerbaijan,” the statement read. Sybiha noted that immediately after the plane’s crash, Russian media began spreading false information about the causes of the disaster.

Russian aviation authorities did not allow the plane to land in any of the multiple airports nearby, forcing the pilots to fly over the stormy Caspian Sea to try to land in the western Kazakh city of Aktau. The plane crashed close to Aktau airport.

Azerbaijan is in mourning on Friday following the devastating crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 passenger plane near Aktau, Kazakhstan. The crash, which occurred on the morning of December 25,

An Azerbaijan Airlines plane, which crashed in Kazakhstan on 26 December, was downed by a Russian surface-to-air missile system (SAM). Source: Andrii Kovalenko, Head of the Centre for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine,

"Since the start of the hostilities in Ukraine, Kazakhstan has been favoring the beginning of negotiations to achieve peace. I want to stress that we do not insist anywhere on our mediation and we ...

After an Azerbaijan Airlines jet crashed in Kazakhstan, speculation mounted about why the plane went down and whether possible Russian air defense action may have played a role.

In our news wrap Wednesday, at least 38 are dead after an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed in Kazakhstan, Ukraine says Russia launched an extensive missile and drone attack on the country’s energy and fuel infrastructure,

Astana has struck a happy medium between neither antagonising nor warming up to an increasingly belligerent Moscow, while simultaneously cultivating stronger commercial and cultural ties with Beijing

U.S. officials say Russia could be behind a passenger plane crash in Kazakhstan that left dozens dead Wednesday.

Initial indicators suggest oil exports from Kazakhstan were unchanged or higher in 2024 despite an unplanned drop in the country's oil output

Russian air defense missile may have downed Azerbaijani plane, media say Russia terrorizes Ukraine with mass missile, drone attack against energy grid on Christmas morning Ukrainian drones destroy Russian ammunition depot in Rostov Oblast,