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Azerbaijan Airlines suspends flights to Russia's Chechnya pending crash investigation

Azerbaijan Airlines has suspended all flights from Baku to Russia's Chechnya region pending an investigation into a fatal crash involving one of its planes, TASS reported Wednesday.

Reuters ECONOMY
Published December 25,2024
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Azerbaijan Airlines is suspending all its flights from Baku to Russia's Chechnya region until an investigation into a fatal crash involving one of its planes is finished, Russia's state TASS news agency cited the company saying on Wednesday.

An Embraer EMBR3.SA passenger jet flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying 32 survivors had been rescued. (