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Strategies & Market Trends : The Financial Collapse of 2001 Unwinding
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From: Elroy Jetson12/26/2024 12:52:24 PM
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The Kremlin on Thursday called for restraint after a Russian air defense system brought down an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet.

The plane, an Embraer 190, was traveling from Baku to Grozny in southern Russia when it crashed on the shore of the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

Thirty-eight people on board were killed, but miraculously 29 others survived.

Preliminary results showed the plane was struck by a Russian Pantsir-S air defense system, and its communications were paralyzed by Russian electronic warfare systems on the approach into Grozny, one of the sources told Reuters.

Azeri government said "shrapnel hit the passengers and cabin crew as a weapon exploded next to the aircraft mid-flight." Military and aviation experts have pointed to apparent shrapnel damage on the fuselage of the plane.

Russia's civil aviation authority said initial reports suggested that the pilots diverted to Aktau after a bird strike led to an emergency on board and the damage to the aircraft is likely the result of bird strikes.

Euronews reports 'Russian air traffic controllers refused to allow the plane to land at any Russian airports despite the pilots' requests for an emergency landing.

They said the plane was instead ordered to fly across the Caspian Sea to the Kazakh city of Aktau— far off its original route.

There's increasing evidence that Russia is expanding their invasion into nations which were once part of the Soviet Union.

In Brussels, NATO called for a full investigation into the cause of the crash.
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