Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia all opened investigations into the cause of the crash. In a statement on Friday, Dec. 27, Azerbaijan Airlines said the plane experienced "external physical ...
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accused Russia of executing an "absurd" cover-up after its air defenses allegedly "shot down" a passenger plane last ... survivors of the Azerbaijan Airlines ...
The plane is thought to have come under ... a regional organisation dominated by Russia - investigate the crash, but Azerbaijan has instead demanded an international inquiry.
Azerbaijan's president Ilham ... was hit "by accident" by Russia. On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin apologised over the crash, but stopped short of accepting that it might have been ...