Baku and Moscow will take practical steps to resolve the issues related to the AZAL plane crash

Azerbaijan and Russia will implement in the near future a set of practical steps to resolve the problems that arose as a result of the AZAL airline plane crash on December 25, 2024.

As reported by BAKU.WS with reference to Report, this was discussed during the meeting of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev with the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, co-chair of the Intergovernmental Commission Alexei Overchuk.

As a reminder, on December 25, 2024, an Embraer 190 aircraft of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), operating flight J2-8243 Baku-Grozny, crashed 3 km from Aktau in Kazakhstan.

On board the Embraer 190 aircraft, operating flight J2-8243, there were 67 people, including 42 citizens of Azerbaijan, 16 of Russia, 6 of Kazakhstan, and 3 of Kyrgyzstan.

As a result of the plane crash, 38 people died, and 29 people survived.

According to preliminary investigation data, while approaching Grozny, the aircraft was attacked by the Russian "Pantsir-S" air defense system.