The wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243 lays on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC">Putin apologises for Azerbaijan Airlines crash – but does not admit fault
Azerbaijan says the plane had multiple holes in its fuselage and that the occupants had sustained injuries ‘due to foreign particles penetrating the cabin mid-flight’
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