INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Azerbaijan Airlines suspended flights between Baku and several Russian cities, local media reported Friday, two days after one of its planes
crashed in western Kazakhstan while en route to the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya.The airline announced that flights to Sochi,
crash of Flight 8432 is complete
Later, it said flights to the cities of Nizhny Novgorod, Vladikavkaz and Saratov would also be suspended.Preliminary findings reported by
Azerbaijani and Western media, citing unnamed government sources in Baku, suggest the passenger plane was shot down by a Russian
possibly a reference to GPS jamming Flight 8432 reportedly faced while approaching Grozny.Russian authorities have provided various
explanations for the crash, which happened near Aktau, Kazakhstan, and killed 38 people
Initially, officials blamed a bird strike, but some aviation experts dismissed this explanation, citing video footage that appeared to show
Earlier, Azerbaijani media reported that Russian ground control did not close airspace to civilian aircraft.Meanwhile, as the investigation
