Recently Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243 went down in Kazakhstan. Many aboard died, however the survivors now say they heard bangs before the jet went down. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00Recently, Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 went down in Kazakhstan.
00:06More than half of those aboard were killed, with authorities saying that at least 38 people died.
00:11However, 29 survived, and according to them, they heard at least one loud bang as they neared Grozny in South Russia.
00:18One of the passengers who survived said, quote,
00:20After the bang, I thought the plane was going to fall apart.
00:23They added that it was immediately obvious that the plane had been damaged, and they began to say prayers.
00:28Other passengers say they heard an additional bang,
00:31and that there was a problem with the oxygen levels in the cabin immediately following.
00:35A surviving flight attendant detailed that the aircraft was denied landing at their final destination in Grozny due to fog.
00:41They added that when the pilot began circling, that's when the bang was heard.
00:44That same flight attendant said they heard three bangs.
00:47The airline suspended flights to Russia afterwards,
00:50claiming the jet had experienced physical and technical external interference, though it didn't detail exactly what.
00:56Reuters reports that sources familiar with the investigation say
00:59evidence suggests that Russian forces mistakenly shot the aircraft down.