Turkey sends investigation team to Baku in connection with AZAL airliner crash
Experts of the Ministry of Transport of Turkey will join the investigation of the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) airliner in Kazakhstan's Aktau from December 28. This was announced by Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu on December 27.
"Our delegation will leave for Baku this evening (December 27. - Ed.) and, starting tomorrow, will work in coordination with the Azerbaijani authorities to study all aspects of the incident in accordance with their competencies," Uraloglu wrote in social network X.
He also noted that the eight-member Turkish commission will assist in establishing the causes of the disaster, as well as help in technical and operational analysis and ensure safety.
Earlier, on December 27, the head of Rosaviatsiya Dmitry Yadrov said that the plan "Cover" was introduced in Grozny before the supposed landing of the AZAL airline plane because of Ukrainian drone attacks. He added that there was dense fog in the area of the city airport. Later, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that reports circulating on the Web about the alleged development of a common version of the plane crash in Aktau between Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are disinformation.
A passenger plane of AZAL Airlines, which was on the route Baku - Grozny, crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25. A criminal case has been opened.
According to the AZAL list, 62 passengers and five crew members were on board. A total of 38 people died, among them seven Russians. Nine Russian citizens survived and were hospitalized, later a special Russian Emergencies Ministry airplane took them to Moscow. AZAL suspended flights from Baku to Grozny and Makhachkala until the investigation was completed, and flights from the Azerbaijani capital to a number of other Russian cities were later canceled.
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