The Azerbaijani chief, who’s near Putin, has issued uncommon fierce criticism of Moscow over the crash, demanding an apology, request for forgiveness and the punishment of these discovered chargeable for the “felony” taking pictures of the aircraft.
On Monday he mentioned Russia’s “concealment” of the causes and “delusional variations” being put ahead “trigger us justifiable anger”.
Preliminary statements by Russia’s air transport company that the aircraft had been compelled to divert after a fowl strike have triggered fury in Baku.
Aliyev mentioned air defence measures for Grozny – the capital of Russia’s southern Chechnya area, the place the aircraft was set to land – have been solely introduced after the aircraft had been “shot from the bottom”.
“If there was a hazard to Russian airspace, then the captain of the aircraft ought to have been knowledgeable immediately,” Aliyev mentioned.
He additionally questioned why the aircraft was despatched a whole lot of kilometres throughout the Caspian Sea to the Kazakh metropolis of Aktau for an emergency touchdown.
“Why it was directed to Aktau, we’ve no data,” Aliyev mentioned.
Azerbaijan says preliminary outcomes of its investigation present the aircraft was hit by chance by a Russian air defence missile.
Russia has opened its personal felony probe however has not mentioned whether or not it agrees with Baku’s evaluation.
The aircraft’s black packing containers have been despatched to Brazil for evaluation.
