FILE PHOTO: A view shows the wreckage of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane at the crash site near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan December 25, 2024. Administration of Mangystau region/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) - An Azerbaijan Airlines flight to the southern Russian town of Mineralnie Vody turned back to Baku on Friday after being told a chunk of airspace in southern Russia had been closed, Russia's TASS news agency reported.
An Azerbaijani Airlines flight from Baku to Russia's Grozny crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. Russia has said it's important to wait for an investigation to finish its work to understand what happened. Four Azerbaijani sources told Reuters on Thursday the plane had been struck by Russian air defences.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Felix Light; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
