Categories Selected Articles 38 Killed After Azerbaijan Airlines Plane Crashes in Kazakhstan Post author By Mike Nova Post date December 25, 2024 38 Killed After Azerbaijan Airlines Plane Crashes in Kazakhstan The Moscow Times ← A gang attack on a Haitian hospital reopening kills 2 reporters and a police officer → Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashes in Aktau, Kazakhstan https://t.co/RyRSMrCcJD The flight was en route from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to Grozny in Russia’s Chechnya region but was diverted to the Russian city of Makhachkala, about 100 miles east of Gronzny, because of fog, the press service of the Grozny airport told the Russian state news agency Tass. A preliminary investigation found the plane collided with birds and was diverted to Aktau because of an emergency on board, according to a statement issued on Telegram by Russia’s aviation authority, Rosaviatsia. “We deeply sympathize with those who lost their loved ones in this air crash, and wish a speedy recovery to those w