The sole surviving passenger of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane that crashed near Aktau in December 2024 has died in Azerbaijan, Oxu.Az reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted that his country’s air defences were responsible for shooting down an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, killing 38.

The pilots then attempted an emergency landing in western Kazakhstan, but the plane crashed near Aktau, across the Caspian Sea. Baku authorities also accused Moscow of denying the distressed aircraft ...

The airline confirmed that the incident occurred with flight LH648 (Almaty – Astana) on October 12. According to Lufthansa, the Airbus A330-300 (registration D-AIGV) sustained minor damage when a fuel ...

The Russian president makes his first public admission of responsibility for the crash, in an effort to improve relations with Azerbaijan.

Authorities in Kazakhstan have opened a probe after a passenger plane aborted its takeoff over a technical failure, with passengers reporting a flash of light on the runway in Kostanai.

Vladimir Putin has spoken publicly about the deadly plane crash that shook Russia-Azerbaijan relations. In a calm but ...

Vladimir Putin confirmed Russia's involvement in the 2024 crash of an Azerbaijani passenger plane, labelling it a tragedy. The December 25 incident in Kazakhstan resulted in 38 fatalities among the 67 ...

President Vladimir Putin said Russia’s air defense were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed ...

Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of sowing “chaos” with fresh strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid, while escalating drone attacks forced Kyiv to begin new evacuations of children from frontline villages ...

Vladimir Putin admits that Russia shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane killing 38 people with their air defences ...