{"id":202520,"date":"2024-12-26T13:40:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T13:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/26\/russian-air-defence-system-downed-azerbaijan-airlines-plane-in-deadly-crash-reuters\/"},"modified":"2024-12-26T13:40:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T13:40:04","slug":"russian-air-defence-system-downed-azerbaijan-airlines-plane-in-deadly-crash-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/26\/russian-air-defence-system-downed-azerbaijan-airlines-plane-in-deadly-crash-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Russian air defence system&#8217; downed Azerbaijan Airlines plane in deadly crash &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/08\/1920x1080\/skynews-breaking-breakingnews_6654698.jpg?20240926104410&amp;resize=1920,1080&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&#8216;Russian air defence system&#8217; downed Azerbaijan Airlines plane in deadly crash &#8211; Reuters\" title=\"&#8216;Russian air defence system&#8217; downed Azerbaijan Airlines plane in deadly crash &#8211; Reuters\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed killing 38 people was downed by a Russian air defence system, according to four Reuters sources.<\/p>\n<p>The Embraer 190 was en route from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/azerbaijan-7847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azerbaijan<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s capital of Baku to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/russia-5803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian<\/a><\/strong> city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it changed course.<\/p>\n<p>It crashed around two miles from Aktau in Kazakhstan while making an attempt to land after flying east across the Caspian Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Mobile phone footage circulating online appeared to show the plane making a steep descent before smashing into the ground in a fireball.<\/p>\n<p>Other footage showed part of its fuselage ripped away from the wings and the rest of the aircraft lying upside in the grass.<\/p>\n<p><em>This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please refresh the page for the fullest version.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the <a href=\"https:\/\/qrcode.skynews.com\/skynews\/appdownload\"><strong>Sky News app<\/strong><\/a>. <\/em><em><em>You can also <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va868Fv8vd1UsF99tP1u\"><em><strong>follow us on WhatsApp<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em> and subscribe to our <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews\"><em><strong>YouTube channel<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em> to keep up with the latest news.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/russian-air-defence-system-downed-azerbaijan-airlines-plane-in-deadly-crash-reuters-13279931\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed killing 38 people was downed by a Russian air defence system, according to four Reuters sources. The Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijan&#8216;s capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it changed course. 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