Russian officials explain why doomed Grozny-bound plane diverted to Kazakhstan

The Embraer E190AR, which later crashed near Aktau, had been unable to land in Chechnya due to thick fog, and Ukrainian terrorist drone attacks, the head of the air authority has said

An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed in Kazakhstan this week had to be diverted from an airport in the Russian city of Grozny because it was temporarily closed due to Ukrainian drone attacks, Dmitry Yadrov, the head of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, has said. Another reason was poor weather conditions, he added.

DETAILS TO FOLLOW

Business News