Day: January 4, 2025

The “military part” of the investigation into the AZAL plane crash in Grozny has been hidden, APA‘s Moscow correspondent reports citing “ВЧК-ОГПУ” Telegram channel.

Reported that despite the visit to the Chechen Republic by the head of the Russian Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, and experienced investigators from the Committee’s central office, in fact, all investigative actions related to the military are being carried out by investigators from the 505th Military Investigation Department of the Russian Investigative Committee located in Chechnya.

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“The crew of the Pantsir combat vehicle that fired the missile at the plane was interrogated by the head of the department. As for the dispatched investigators, some of them went to Aktau, where they were allowed to work at the crash site, while others work in Grozny. They interrogated the dispatcher and the airfield flight director. So far, the investigation has no questions for the dispatcher and the flight director.

An analysis of other circumstances that could have influenced the plane crash is also underway. For example, before GPS technology became widespread, aircraft landing was carried out using the CGS system (a radio beacon system for aircraft approaching the landing. This is the most common radio navigation system in aviation for aircraft landing using cockpit instruments). This method is still widespread and is used all over the world, but for some reason, during the large-scale reconstruction of the Grozny airport, this system was dismantled,” the Russian source emphasized.

Noted that on December 25, an Embraer passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, operating a Baku-Grozny flight, crashed near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan. There were 67 people on board, including 5 crew members. As a result of the accident, 38 people, including citizens of Azerbaijan, Russia and Kazakhstan, lost their lives.

Initial investigations revealed that the Azerbaijani plane was shot down by the Russian Air Defense System while it was in the airspace of Chechnya. At the same time, the plane was hit by Radio Electronic Warfare and the aircraft lost control. Traces of shrapnel from a missile fired from an anti-aircraft missile complex were recorded on the fuselage of the plane.