Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia all opened investigations into the cause of the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243.

The preliminary findings of the investigation into the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane crash near Aktau, Kazakhstan, are ...

"I heard a loud explosion, the oxygen masks fell down and the plane shook," Rinat Assanov told AFP, recalling the moment the Azerbaijan Airlines plane he was on ran into trouble over southern Russia.

Thursday is an official day of mourning in Azerbaijan as an investigation is underway to determine what caused an airplane carrying 67 passengers to crash on Christmas Day in Kazakhstan ...

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia all opened investigations into the cause of the crash, but it was Russia ... the initial damage occurred on this airplane," added Sumwalt.

It’s often said that the safest place to sit in a plane is at the back — and the only survivors of the recent Azerbaijan Airlines and Jeju Air crashes were in the rear of the plane. But, say safety ...

Eventually a Dutch-led investigation proved that the airplane had been brought ... s case all the more dismissible. The Azerbaijan Airlines crash, moreover, must be understood in the context ...

REUTERS “I thought that was my last prayer,” Rakhimov said, recalling how he began to pray after hearing a loud noise and observing damage to the airplane’s fuselage. Dozens Dead After Plane ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to the President of Azerbaijan for the crash of the civilian airliner ... including several holes in the airplane's fuselage and testimonies from ...

If Russian air-defense systems are confirmed to be responsible for the crash, Moscow could find itself in a tough diplomatic spot with Azerbaijan ... the downing of the airplane.