The Latest Breaking News from Azerbaijan Airlines

The crashes occurred in South Korea, Canada and Norway between Saturday night and Sunday morning

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev accused Vladimir Putin and his administration of trying to cover up the doomed Azerbaijan Airlines flight that was shot down by Russia on Christmas Day.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accused Russia on Sunday of firing at an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet before it crashed and of initially trying to cover up the cause of the fatal disaster, demanding that Moscow admit guilt.

Long-term trend is towards ever-safer skies despite two plane crashes within four days over Christmas

Moscow has confirmed its air defences were repelling Ukrainian drones at the time of plane’s flight but has not admitted it shot it down. What we know on day 1,040

The downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane in Kazakhstan killed 38 people.

Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a rare public apology on Saturday following the fatal crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines flight in Russian airspace.

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’

Vladimir Putin says incident occurred in Russian airspace, but does not acknowledge any possible involvement of Russia.