“Two days after the crash of the “Azerbaijan Airlines” plane, the head of Rosavia, Dmytro Yadrov, gave an explanation about the disaster, mentioned the attack of Ukrainian drones on the “Grozny” airport and the implemented “carpet” regime at that time.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Two days after the crash of the “Azerbaijan Airlines” plane, the head of Rosavia, Dmytro Yadrov, gave an explanation about the disaster, mentioned the attack of Ukrainian drones on the “Grozny” airport and the implemented “carpet” regime at that time.
Source: Russian “Interfax”, Meduza
Yadrov’s direct speech: “The situation on this day and at these hours in the area of the Grozny airport was very difficult. At that time, Ukrainian combat drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the cities of Grozny and Vladikavkaz. In this regard, in the area of the Grozny airport introduced the “carpet” regime, which provides for the immediate withdrawal of all aircraft from the specified space.”
Details: According to him, in addition, there was dense fog at the airport. Yadrov insists that the captain of the ship made two unsuccessful attempts to land the plane and was allegedly offered other airports, “but he himself decided to go to Aktau.”
Prior to that, the press secretary of the ruler of the Russian Federation, Dmytro Peskov, refused to comment on Baku’s statement that Russia shot down the Azerbaijan Airlines plane.
What preceded:
- On Wednesday, the Embraer plane of the Azerbaijan Arilines airline company, which was on its way from Baku to Grozny, crashed near Aktau (the administrative center of the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan). According to Azerbaijan Airlines, there were 67 people on board, including five crew members. Of them, 42 are citizens of Azerbaijan, 16 – from Russia, 6 – from Kazakhstan, 3 – from Kyrgyzstan.
- “KazAeroNavigatsiya” company believes that the accident occurred in connection with a collision with a bird and violation of steering control. Also, the Russian public does not rule out that the plane could have changed its course due to the threat of a drone attack on Chechnya. According to preliminary data, Grozny was attacked by several UAVs, as a result of which the “Carpet” plan was announced at the city’s airport.
- As a result of the accident of the “Azerbaijan Airlines” plane in Aktau, Kazakhstan, which was on its way from Baku to Grozny, 38 people died, said the Vice Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and the head of the state commission for the investigation of the causes of the plane wreck, Kanat Bozumbayev.
- The Center for Combating Disinformation stated that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan was shot down by a Russian anti-aircraft missile system.
- According to Euronews sources, the cause of the wreck of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane on December 25, which was flying from Baku to Grozny, was a Russian surface-to-air missile that exploded nearby.