"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.

The leader of Azerbaijan criticized the Russian response to the crash of a passenger jet that Azerbaijani officials said had most likely been hit by Russian air defenses. By Anatoly Kurmanaev ...

Officials are trying to determine what caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day that killed 38 people on board, leaving 29 survivors. The president of Azerbaijan ...

Speculation was mounting Friday that Russia's military could have had a role in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people and left 29 survivors injured in Kazakhstan on Christmas ...

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 ...

The fatal crash of a plane that departed from Azerbaijan has raised questions about the safety of traveling to the country. On Wednesday, Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 caught fire as it tried ...

The crash killed 38 of the 67 people on board. Survivors of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan reported hearing thuds and explosions from outside the aircraft during the ...

Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev on Sunday ... On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin apologised over the crash, but stopped short of accepting that it might have been hit by Russian ...

In the crash’s aftermath, Azerbaijan has unleashed rare and stinging criticism of Russia, with the country’s president saying Moscow’s response has caused “surprise, regret and rightful ...

The U.S. government suggested Friday that Russia may be to blame for this week’s deadly Azerbaijan Airlines crash, echoing experts’ assessment of the tragedy as investigations remain ongoing.

The Dec. 25 crash killed 38 of the 67 people aboard. LONDON -- Azerbaijani authorities investigating last week's Azerbaijan Airlines crash in Kazakhstan are probing the "disturbing" possibility ...

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russian officials have launched an investigation into the crash, however Azerbaijan Airlines said the preliminary results showed the plane had suffered “physical and ...