Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people. Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, an Embraer 190 aircraft, was flying from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the city of Grozny in Russia’s North … Read more
Moscow — An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people on board crashed Wednesday in western Kazakhstan, near the city of Aktau, killing 38 people and leaving 29 survivors, a Kazakh official said. Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbaev disclosed the figures while meeting with Azerbaijani officials, the Russian news agency Interfax reported. Azerbaijan Airlines said 67 people … Read more
An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet flying from the Kazakhstan capital, Baku, to Grozny in Russia crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan, the Kazakh transport ministry said. Azerbaijan Airlines, that country’s flag carrier, said the Embraer 190 had “made an emergency landing” around two miles from Aktau, an oil and gas hub on the eastern shore … Read more