#Russia has just officially closed the criminal investigation of the #Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 their air defense downed over #Grozny in December 2024. Prosecutor’s General office simply states:
It has been established that the aircraft departed at 06:55 (Moscow time) from Baku airport to Grozny airport. Due to weather conditions (cloudiness), after two unsuccessful attempts, the crew was unable to land at Grozny airport, made a decision to proceed to another airport, and during the approach to landing at Aktau airport at approximately 9:28 (Moscow time) collided with the ground, resulting in the destruction of the aircraft and fire, as a result of which 38 people died and 29 received injuries of varying severity.
The fact that the aircraft has been hit by two surface-to-air rockets fired from Russian “Pantsir-S1” system on the ground is not even mentioned and instead they push some bullshit about “weather conditions”, which undoubtedly will be received as an insult by Azerbaijan - which it is.
