Dmitry Yadrov, the head of Russia's national aviation agency Rosaviatsia, said in a statement Friday that the Azerbaijani plane crashed during or after a Ukrainian drone attack around Grozny ...

Russian aviation authorities did not allow the plane to land in any of the multiple airports nearby, forcing the pilots to ...

said Friday that as the plane was preparing to land in Grozny in deep fog, Ukrainian drones were targeting the city, prompting authorities to close the area to air traffic. Yadrov said that after ...

Soon after, ambulances began to arrive at the scene, he said. Russian state media has previously reported that the plane was rerouted due to heavy fog in Grozny. Its Federal Air Transport Agency ...

‘Early indications’ suggest Russia shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, the ...

saying that Ukrainian combat drones and a dense fog forced the plane out of Grozny’s airspace after skies were closed because of the drones. The crash came shortly after Ukrainian drone strikes ...

Flight attendant Zulfugar Asadov said landing was denied in Grozny ... Flight 007 after it veered off course and flew through prohibited airspace. In 1988 during the Iran-Iraq War, the U.S ...

Aviation experts say that Russian air defense fire was likely responsible for the Azerbaijani plane crash the day before that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured ...