Kremlin on Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash: We must await the results from the investigation

None of these countries – neither Azerbaijan, Russia nor Kazakhstan – is interested in hiding information. All information will be made available to the public,

said Ashimbayev Maulen

We will hope that they recover."

He said in a Kremlin readout

The holes in the plane's fuselage during the flight are not caused by birds,

said Andriy Kovalenko, an official with Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council

The causes of the accident are being investigated,

the government in Baku said

Video of the wreckage and the circumstances around the airspace security environment in southwest Russia indicates the possibility the aircraft was hit by some form of antiaircraft fire."

Matt Borie, chief intelligence officer at aviation security firm Osprey, said

I can't execute, control is lost."

As the plane began to plunge, one of the pilots of the aircraft tragically said

Vladimir Putinpresident

A Russian emergency situations ministry had been sent to Aktau with medical personnel and other equipment,

Putin said later as he opened the CIS leaders' meeting in Saint Petersburg

The board [plane] is in order.

Two minutes later, the pilot appears to deny he has declared a 'distress' on board and tells ground control

Russian propagandists are trying to spread the version that the plane collided with a Ukrainian drone

The outlet said

This way we will have all the facts, the

said a member of the Kazakhstan investigation commission

We have control failure, bird strike in the cockpit

At 8:16, one of the pilots said

I can't maintain 150, we have high pressure in the cabin.

At 8:19, one of the pilots states

Left 360, my plane is losing control.

One minute later, at 8:20, the flight's scheduled arrival time, the pilot says

The information provided to me is that the plane changed its course between Baku and Grozny due to worsening weather conditions and headed to Aktau airport,

said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev

I dare not make premature statements,

he said in response to questions about whether the plane was shot down

There are videos of the plane crash available in the media and on social networks, and everyone can watch them. However, the reasons for the crash are not yet known to us,

the Azerbaijani president said

An investigative team, led by the deputy prosecutor general of Azerbaijan, has been dispatched to Kazakhstan and is working at the crash site,

the Prosecutor General’s Office in Azerbaijan said in a statement

According to preliminary reports, the plane requested landing at an alternative airport before the accident … due to heavy fog in Grozny,

Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapovalova reported from Moscow

Ilham Aliyevazerbaijan President

I immediately gave instructions for the plane to return to Baku,

Aliyev said in a statement issued by his office

We are deeply saddened by the occurrence involving an Embraer 190 today near Aktau, Kazakhstan. Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences go out to the families, friends, colleagues, and loved ones affected by this incident. We are closely monitoring the situation and remain fully committed to supporting the relevant authorities."

Embraer, Brazilian aviation company, in a statement on Flight J28243