Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan this week suffered physical "external interference", the airline and Azerbaijan's transport minister said Friday, citing preliminary results of an investigation, adding to speculation it was hit by a Russian air defence system.
attempting to land at its destination in the Russian city of Grozny and then diverting far off course across the Caspian Sea.
Ukrainian drones at the time the plane had tried to land, but the Kremlin has declined to comment on reports that Russian air defence missiles accidentally shot the plane down.
'Explosion'
Apology urged
Ilham Aliyev said Friday that he had phoned his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, with both pledging that the "causes of the crash would be fully examined", according to a statement from Baku.
AFP, Azerbaijani government officials did not respond to questions about the possible causes of the crash.
AFP.
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