It crashed on Wednesday in southwestern Kazakhstan’s city of Aktau on the Caspian Sea. The plane was carrying 67 people from Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The flight went down in an area where Russia has frequently activated air defense ...

The Embraer 190 crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, while en route from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to Grozny in Chechnya in Russia on Wednesday. The flight attempted to make an emergency landing about 1.8 miles from Aktau, according to ...

This report contains content some people may find distressingThis social media video shows the moment Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people.Four sources with knowledge of the preliminary findings of Azerbaijan's investigation into the disaster told Reuters that Russian air defenses downed the passenger jet,

Preliminary findings of an investigation into the crash of an Azerbaijan plane have indicated the disaster was the work of Russian air defences.

The Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 flight left Baku, Azerbaijan, on Christmas to Grozny, Russia. Instead, the plane crashed in Aktau, Kazakhstan.

"No one claims that it was done on purpose," an Azerbaijan official told Reuters. They added their government "expects the Russian side to confess."

An Azerbaijan Airlines flight from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to Russia crashed, hospitalizing survivors while dozens are feared dead.

Increasing analysis suggests Russian air defenses might have downed Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243, which crashed in a ball of fire near Aktau,Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning, killing 38 of 67 passengers and crew.

An Azerbaijan Airlines flight from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to Russia crashed, hospitalizing survivors while dozens are feared dead.

A US official said on Thursday that early indications suggest a Russian anti-aircraft system struck an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38

The Azerbaijan Airlines flight was en route from Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, to Grozny in Chechnya, southern Russia, when it diverted and crash-landed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people. Twenty-nine passengers survived.