Azerbaijan Airlines Flight Crashes in Kazakhstan, Dozens Dead
The Facts
Dozens of people are feared dead after a passenger plane carrying 67 people crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. According to Russian media, four bodies have been recovered, and both pilots died in the crash.
The Embraer 190 aircraft, operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, was en route from the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, to the Russian city of Grozny before reportedly being diverted due to fog.
The Spin
Narrative A
While preliminary information suggests that the plane was re-routed due to fog and that a bird strike may have caused the emergency landing, official investigations have been launched to fully determine what happened in this tragic incident.
Anti-Russia narrative
While it's unclear what caused this crash, a flight-tracking service said that the plane experienced strong GPS jamming before going down, which could have been a factor in the incident. Russia has been criticized in the past for jamming planes' signals in the region.
