In an official statement on Saturday, the Kremlin said its air defense systems were firing near Grozny due to a Ukrainian drone strike, but stopped short of saying one of these hit the plane. The ...

"The readout said Russia has launched a criminal probe into the incident, and Azerbaijani state prosecutors have arrived in Grozny to participate. The Kremlin also said that "relevant services ...

The head of Russia's civil aviation agency said Friday that Ukrainian drones were attacking the city of Grozny as an Azerbaijani Airlines plane was trying to land there, before it later crashed in ...

Dmitry Yadrov, the chief of Rosaviatsia, Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency, said Friday that a Ukrainian drone attack was underway in Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of ...

According to Flightaware, the Embraer 190 passenger aircraft operating the Baku – Grozny route took off from Azerbaijan's capital airport 11 minutes ahead of schedule. It was expected to arrive in ...

Flight attendant Zulfugar Asadov said landing was denied in Grozny due to fog so the pilot circled − at which point there were bangs outside the aircraft. "The pilot had just lifted the plane up ...

The investigation into the Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 crash in Aktau on Wednesday will now focus on what weapon caused the incident, Azerbaijan's Minister of Digital Development and Transport ...

The Embraer 190 passenger jet was en route from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it changed course. It crashed around two miles ...

"All [the survivors] without exception stated they heard three blast sounds when the aircraft was above Grozny," said Rashad Nabiyev. The plane is thought to have come under fire from Russian air ...

The plane was flying from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, on Wednesday when it turned toward Kazakhstan and crashed while making ...

"Preliminary: after a collision with birds, due to an emergency situation on board the aircraft [Baku-Grozny flight of Azerbaijan Airlines], its commander decided to go to an alternate airfield ...