Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault.

Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 was traveling from the Azerbaijani ... incident occurred in Russian airspace,” but did not accept responsibility. Putin said Russia’s air defense systems were active when the plane attempted to land in Grozny ...

The Kremlin has declined to state that Russian forces were responsible for downing the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 on December 25, 2024. Russia acknowledged that its air defense systems were active at the time of the incident to shoot down Ukrainian drones but has stopped short of saying it brought down the aircraft.

Europe warns its airlines to stay away through next summer, as Ukraine turns skies of western Russia into a battlefield.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency warned airlines to steer clear of several cities in Russia following the fatal crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that was likely shot down by Russian forces.

Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from ... Dmitry Yadrov, head of Russia’s civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia, said Friday that as the plane was preparing to land in Grozny ...

Annex 13 to the ICAO Convention on International Civil Aviation, which details protocols for aircraft accident and incident investigation, particularly regulates the publication of preliminary and fin

ASTANA, January 15. /TASS/. Deciphered information from flight recorders of the crashed Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane has been received by Kazakhstan and is now being examined by specialists, TASS has learned from the republic’s Transport Ministry.

Russia's foreign minister is the first official to comment on the data extracted from the Azerbaijan Airlines flight's black box.

A Ryanair flight from London Luton has been forced to abort its landing after the plane's GPS signal was 'jammed' near the boarder with Russia.

Russia has been planning acts of 'air terror' against airlines worldwide, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk sensationally claimed today as he met with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Warsaw. Mr Tusk accused Moscow of staging sabotage and diversion on Polish soil and beyond.