Kazakhstan|life|February 5, 2025 / 11:34 AM
Azerbaijani plane crashed in Aktau was hit by Russian Pantsir-S missile - Reuters

AKIPRESS.COM - An Azerbaijani passenger plane that crashed in December after being diverted from Russia to Kazakhstan was hit by a Russian Pantsir-S air defence system, Reuters reported citing the Azerbaijani government source on Tuesday.

Thirty-eight people were killed when the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashed on Dec. 25 near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after re-routing across the Caspian Sea from southern Russia.

"The Azerbaijani side possesses a fragment of a Pantsir-S missile which was extracted from the aircraft and identified through international expertise," the source said.

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