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Montevideo, January 30th 2025 - 05:06 UTC

Tag: Azerbaijan Airlines

  • Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:51 UTC

    Azerbaijan Airlines E-190's back boxes sent to Brazil

    Kazakhstan authorities decided to send the black boxes to Brazil's Cenipa for analysis

    Authorities said that the black boxes of the Brazilian-built Embraer 190 Azerbaijan Airlines jet that crashed on Wednesday in Kazakhstan will be sent to the manufacturing country's aviation watchdog to further investigate the causes of the accident near Aktau, a port on the Caspian Sea in western Kazakhstan, far from the aircraft's planned route.

  • Saturday, December 28th 2024 - 10:13 UTC

    Azerbaijan Airlines Brazilian-built jet damaged from the outside

    The aircraft went down near Aktau, a Caspian Sea port in western Kazakhstan

    While several theories are being thrown into the fray regarding the probable causes of Azerbaijan Airlines' Flight J2-8243 crash in Kazakhstan, one thing seems to be for sure: the Brazilian-built Embraer E-190 jet was damaged from the outside, leading to at least 38 deaths while there are 29 survivors, some of whom were also said to be in a serious condition. In the meantime, representatives of Embraer have arrived at the site where the plane crashed.

  • Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 09:09 UTC

    At least 29 survivors reported in Brazilian-built airliner crash

    There were contradicting versions as to the cause of the accident

    A Brazilian-built Embraer E-190 jet of Azerbaijan Airlines registration 4K-AZ65 carrying 67 people crashed near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau Wednesday, killing 38 people, while 29 others, including three children, were rushed to emergency services for treatment. The passengers included 37 Azerbaijanis, 16 Russians, 6 Kazakhstanis, and 3 Kyrgyzstan nationals.