Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) aircraft, which crashed under Kazakhstani Aktau, received serious damage as a result of a fire open from the ground.
This is the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in an interview with Azerbaijani television on Sunday, December 29. The text of the interview is given by the press service of the head of state.
Airliner was brought into an uncontrollable state by means of electronic warfare, the president said.
The fact that the fuselage was all in holes, completely removed the version of a collision with a flock of birds from the agenda, Aliyev said.
The Head of State regretfully noted that some circles of Russia chose to adhere to this version: “One of the moments that upset us and surprised us was that Russian official structures put forward versions about the explosion of some gas cylinder. That is, it is openly open showed that the Russian side wants to hush the question, and this, of course, does not honor anyone. “
Having emphasized that, of course, the plane was not knocked down on purpose, the president said that to admit his guilt, to apologize to Azerbaijan, who was considered a friendly country, and convey it to the public – all these were measures and steps that had to be taken. “Unfortunately, the first three days we heard nothing from Russia except delusional versions,” said the head of state.
Aliyev noted that the Azerbaijani side clearly outlined its requirements for the Russian side. “Firstly, the Russian side must apologize to Azerbaijan. Secondly, he must admit his guilt. Thirdly, it must punish the perpetrators, bring them to criminal liability and pay compensation to the state to Azerbaijani and injured passengers and crew members. This is our The first of them was already provided yesterday, I hope that our other conditions will be accepted. .
In the morning, December 25, the Embraer aircraft 190 J2-824 number, which was from Baku to Grozny, gave a signal of an emergency, being over the Caspian Sea. Information about this was received at 11.00 in the regional emergency. Later it became known about the emergency landing of the aircraft 3 kilometers from the city of Aktau.
On board the aircraft were 62 passengers and 5 crew members. With the crash of the azerbaijan airlines aircraft, 29 people survived, 38 survived.
Kazakhstan Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbaev said that many bodies were very burned and the identification procedure will be required.
He said that law enforcement agencies of the republic will investigate the aircraft of AZAL aircraft in Kazakhstan. “Astana is ready to cooperate with colleagues from other countries,” Bozumbaev added.