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Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
The aircraft involved, seen on 18 June 2016
Crash
Date25 December 2024 (2024-12-25)
SummaryCrashed on approach
SiteNear Aqtau International Airport, Aktau, Kazakhstan
Aircraft
Aircraft typeEmbraer 190AR
Aircraft nameGusar
OperatorAzerbaijan Airlines
IATA flight No.J28243
ICAO flight No.AHY8243
Registration4K-AZ65[1]
Flight originHeydar Aliyev International Airport, Baku, Azerbaijan
DestinationKadyrov Grozny International Airport, Chechnya, Russia
Occupants67
Passengers62
Crew5
Fatalities≈35[2]
Survivors≈32[2]

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Baku to Grozny operated by Azerbaijan Airlines which crashed near Aqtau International Airport, Kazakhstan, on 25 December 2024 with 67 people on board, according to local sources.[3][4][5] Russian news agencies said that the plane had been flying from Baku to Grozny in Russia’s Chechnya, but had been rerouted due to fog in Grozny. The plane was an Embraer 190, and reportedly squawked 7700 on its transponder which signaled an emergency had occurred on board, while flying over the Caspian Sea.[6][7][8] Thirty-two of the passengers survived the crash.[9][10][2]

Aircraft

The aircraft involved, manufactured in 2013, was an Embraer 190AR registered as 4K-AZ65 with serial number 19000630. It was powered by two General Electric CF34-10E6 engines. It was operated by Azerbaijan Airlines.[11] It was delivered to the airline on 22 July 2013. The aircraft then became part of Buta Airways' fleet, which was a low-cost virtual airline subsidiary of the former, being delivered on 21 October 2017. The aircraft was delivered back to Azerbaijan Airlines on 9 October 2023, and was stored at Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport on 25 December 2023 until its return to service on 19 October 2024, just 2 months prior to its crash. [12]

Crash

The plane took off from Baku International Airport at 7:55 Azerbaijan Time (UTC+04:00) on a flight to Grozny Airport.[11][13] According to flight tracking service FlightRadar24, for unknown reasons the aircraft was "exposed to strong GPS jamming and spoofing" while flying near Grozny.[14][15] The aircraft had been cruising at about 30,000 ft above Makhachkala, Russia, when it disappeared from radar coverage at 8:25 local Time (UTC+04:25). [12]

The crew gave a distress signal by squawking 7700 on its transponder, at 9:35 local time (UTC+05:00) and reported a failure of the control system.[9] Then at 9:49, the pilots requested an emergency landing in Aktau and tried to make it in direct mode. The plane then reappeared on radar at 10:07, flying over the Caspian Sea toward Aktau, significantly off its usual flight path. [12] However, at 10:28, the airplane impacted the ground. The crash was captured on video, which showed that the landing gear was deployed when the plane impacted the ground. The plane crashed into the ground at a steep angle, with its right wing hitting the ground first. It then tumbled, exploded, and broke into two major pieces, and fire soon erupted. The tail section of the plane came to rest upside down away from the main wreckage, and was free from fire damage.[11] Preliminary information suggested that the emergency landing was due to colliding with a flock of birds.[16]

Photos from the scene show extensive damage to the plane.[9] Video captured of the events showed the aircraft struggling to maintain altitude and control, with radar data suggesting the aircraft had aborted an initial two attempts to land, before it banked at a low angle towards the runway on its third attempt, and lost its remaining altitude and nose-dived into the ground. [12]

Occupants by nationality

Nationality Passengers Crew Fatalities Survivors Total
Azerbaijan 37 ? ? ? ?
Russia 16 ? ? ? ?
Kazakhstan 6 ? ? ? ?
Kyrgyzstan 3 ? ? ? ?
Total 62[8] 5 39 28[8] 67

Reactions

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić,[17] Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif,[18] Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov,[19] Russian President Vladimir Putin,[20] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,[21] the American, British,[22] French,[23] Lithuanian,[24] Israeli[25] embassies, and the Georgian,[26] Romanian[27] and Turkish foreign ministries[28] expressed their condolences to Azerbaijan over the plane crash.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is returning to Baku following the crash, according to Russian media and Kazakhstan news sources.[29]

References

  1. ^ "Accident Embraer ERJ-190AR 4K-AZ65, Wednesday 25 December 2024". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Prosecutor General's Office: According to latest information, 32 people onboard the aircraft are alive and receiving treatment". Apa.az. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes near Kazakhstan's Aktau airport". Sky News. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan". BBC. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan, emergencies ministry says". The Guardian. 25 December 2024. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Azerbaijan Airlines Plane Crashes In Kazakhstan". Barron’s. AFP. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Azerbaijan Airlines plane carrying 67 passengers crashes near Aktau during emergency landing". Dimsum Daily. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  8. ^ a b c Tayir, Hassan; Vlasova, Svitlana; Butenko, Victoria; Lilieholm, Lucas; Szekeres, Edward (25 December 2024). "Plane carrying 67 people crashes in Kazakhstan, officials say; more than 20 survive". CNN. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Survivors of the Aktau plane crash were sitting in the tail section of the plane". www.interfax.ru. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan, many feared dead". www.reuters.com. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  11. ^ a b c Ranter, Harro. "Accident Embraer ERJ-190AR 4K-AZ65, Wednesday 25 December 2024". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d "4K-AZ65 AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer ERJ-190AR (ERJ-190-100 IGW)". www.planespotters.net. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Kazakhstan crash: Dozens die in Azerbaijan Airlines accident". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  14. ^ @flightradar24 (25 December 2024). "Flight #J28243 that crashed near Aktau Airport in Kazakhstan is an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer ERJ-190 with registration 4K-AZ65. #J28243 took off from Baku at 03:55 UTC time and was flying to Grozny. The aircraft was exposed to strong GPS jamming which made the aircraft transmit bad ADS-B data. At 04:40 UTC we lost the ADS-B signal. At 06:07 UTC we picked up the ADS-B signal again before it crashed at 06:28 UTC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ https://x.com/flightradar24/status/1871853766191804673
  16. ^ "Azerbaijan passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan". Al Jazeera. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  17. ^ "Serbian President extends condolences to Azerbaijan over plane crash". Apa.az. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif expresses condolences to Azerbaijan over plane crash". Apa.az. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  19. ^ "Sadyr Japarov expresses condolences to Ilham Aliyev over plane crash in Aktau". Report.az. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  20. ^ "Russian President expresses condolences to Azerbaijani President over plane crash". Apa.az. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  21. ^ "Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offers condolences following Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Aktau". Apa.az.
  22. ^ "ABŞ və Böyük Britaniya səfirlikləri təyyarə qəzası ilə bağlı Azərbaycana başsağlığı verib". Apa.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  23. ^ "French Embassy in Azerbaijan expresses condolences over plane crash in Aktau". Report.az. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  24. ^ "Lithuanian envoy to Azerbaijan expresses condolences over plane crash in Aktau". Report.az. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  25. ^ "Ambassador: Israel stands ready to provide any assistance necessary regarding plane crash". Apa.az. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  26. ^ "Georgian MFA expresses condolences to Azerbaijan over plane crash". Apa.az. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  27. ^ "Romanian FM expresses condolences to Azerbaijan over plane crash". Report.az. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  28. ^ "Turkish MFA expresses condolences to Azerbaijan over plane crash". Apa.az. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  29. ^ tengrinews.kz (25 December 2024). "Plane crash in Aktau: Azerbaijani president returns to Baku". Главные новости Казахстана - Tengrinews.kz. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
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