Russia's civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, initially said it appeared the pilots diverted to Aktau after a bird strike. Later, Russian and Azerbaijani officials suggested the plane had been ...
On Dec. 25, an Embraer 190 plane, operating as Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Russia, crashed near Aktau International Airport in Kazakhstan. The crash ...