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Summary

An Azerbaijan Airlines plane carrying 62 passengers and five crew members crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing at least four people, including both pilots, and injuring 32 survivors, many critically.

The Embraer 190 made an emergency landing following a suspected bird strike and faced strong GPS jamming, according to preliminary reports.

Emergency teams, including specialist doctors, responded to the site. Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have launched a joint investigation.

The crash’s cause remains under investigation.

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[-] Absaroka@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago

"Faced strong GPS jamming"

Guess which fascist regime is responsible for that? Merry Christmas!

[-] interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 day ago

Russia’s aviation watchdog said was an emergency that may have been caused by a bird strike.

That or the plane just fell of a window by accident.

[-] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Mqybe it was those pesky 7.62mm birds

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

I wish more headlines were written like this. The world needs all the positivity it can get right now.

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 19 points 1 day ago

And no click bait.

Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash! Could anyone have survived the catastrophe? The answer will shock you!

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Why hasn't the leftist-liberal-communist-socialist-poor-elite-black-white media reported on this plane crash?

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 day ago

WHat aR3 theY h1dINg?!??

[-] mlg@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The video made it look like it was struggling to retain control, almost like it had lost power to some control surfaces (kept diving and climbing in a static motion).

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