“President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, at a meeting with the family members of the crew and flight attendants who survived the plane crash of “Azerbaijan Airlines” stated that the fault for the disaster lies with the representatives of the Russian Federation and demanded that the guilty be punished.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Azerbaijani state news agency Azertag
Direct speech of Aliyev: “I can say with confidence that the blame for the fact that Azerbaijani citizens died in this disaster (air crash in Aktau – ed.) lies with the representatives of the Russian Federation. And we demand justice, we demand punishment of the guilty, we demand complete transparency and humane behavior”.
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Details: According to him, the process of deciphering the black boxes is currently underway. “I am sure that in the near future we will know the preliminary result, and everything will fall into place, the whole picture of the tragedy that happened will be known. And this, of course, will be an important moment in the case of a full investigation of this tragedy and punishment of those responsible for it,” – Aliyev noted.
Prehistory:
- On December 25, the Embraer plane of the Azerbaijan Airlines airline, which was on its way from Baku to Grozny, crashed near Aktau in Kazakhstan. As a result of the accident, 38 people died.
- “Azerbaijan Airlines” stated that their plane had undergone “external physical and technical interference”.
- On December 28, the ruler of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, during a telephone conversation with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, apologized that “the tragic incident with the Azerbaijan Airlines plane happened in the airspace of Russia”, but the Russians did not admit guilt.
- On December 29, Aliyev said that the Azerbaijani Airlines plane, which crashed over the territory of the Russian Federation, was fired upon from the ground. He also demanded an admission of guilt and compensation from Russia.
- On the same day, Putin called Aliyev for the second time, and they continued to discuss the crash of the “Azerbaijan Airlines” plane.