INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian civil aviation authorities stated Wednesday that they have actually not been granted access to the foreign things that damaged an
Azerbaijani jet before it crashed in Kazakhstan last month.Kazakhstans Transportation Ministry on Tuesday published initial findingsof its
investigation into the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
Detectives released pictures of what they stated were foreign metal objects recuperated from the wreckage.The Azerbaijani passenger plane
was flying from Baku to Grozny on Dec
25 when it disappeared from radar near Russias Caspian Sea coast
The plane later on came back and crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau, eliminating 38 of the 67 people on board.Kazakhstans 53-page report
did not specify what caused the damage to the aircraft.However, an anonymous Azerbaijani federal government source told Reuters that global
experts had actually identified a fragment of a Russian Pantsir-S air defense system amongst the recuperated debris.Russias civil air travel
authority Rosaviatsia restated Wednesday that Kazakhstans report does not identify the origin of the recuperated items or the reason for the
crash.Russia has not yet had such an opportunity because it has actually not been given these things for examination, the firm stated in a
statement.Rosaviatsia, which initially recommended the flight team requested an emergency situation landing due to a bird strike, said
Kazakhstans report confirms that it was the AZAL pilots who transmitted this info to the Russian operators.The firm also said the report
confirms that the flight crew selected to divert to Aktau, despite the fact that 2 Russian airports near Grozny were technically all set to
receive the damaged aircraft.Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has repeatedly stated Russian air defenses accidentally fired at the
aircraft from the ground.Russia has acknowledged that its air defense forces were responding to a Ukrainian drone attack on the day of the
crash but has actually rejected responsibility for the incident.Russian President Vladimir Putin provided an uncommon apology to Aliyev for
the tragic incident however stopped short of accepting blame.
