An airliner that crashed, killing 38 people, on Wednesday may have been shot down by Russian defences, pro-Kremlin media and independent experts said.
Images of the fuselage of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane showed holes resembling shrapnel or bullet marks, casting doubt on the original official explanation of a collision with birds. Hitting birds would usually result in a landing as soon as possible, an expert said, but the plane crashed hundreds of miles away.
❗️/1. Russian air defense most likely caused the crash of an Embraer 190 passenger plane during UAV attack on Chechnya:
An Embraer 190 passenger plane belonging to Azerbaijan Airlines crashed this morning. 67 passengers of which 5 crew members were on board. 32 people survived… pic.twitter.com/qkiSaZlw1Z
— Special Kherson Cat (@bayraktar_1love) December 25, 2024
