The Azerbaijani chief, who’s near Putin, has issued uncommon fierce criticism of Moscow over the crash, demanding an apology, act of contrition and the punishment of these discovered chargeable for the “felony” capturing of the airplane.
On Monday he mentioned Russia’s “concealment” of the causes and “delusional variations” being put ahead “trigger us justifiable anger”.
Preliminary statements by Russia’s air transport company that the airplane had been compelled to divert after a chicken strike have triggered fury in Baku.
Aliyev mentioned air defence measures for Grozny – the capital of Russia’s southern Chechnya area, the place the airplane was set to land – have been solely introduced after the airplane had been “shot from the bottom”.
“If there was a hazard to Russian airspace, then the captain of the airplane ought to have been knowledgeable right away,” Aliyev mentioned.
He additionally questioned why the airplane was despatched tons of of kilometres throughout the Caspian Sea to the Kazakh metropolis of Aktau for an emergency touchdown.
“Why it was directed to Aktau, we’ve got no data,” Aliyev mentioned.
Azerbaijan says preliminary outcomes of its investigation present the airplane was hit by accident by a Russian air defence missile.
Russia has opened its personal felony probe however has not mentioned whether or not it agrees with Baku’s evaluation.
The airplane’s black containers have been despatched to Brazil for evaluation.
