Azerbaijan Airlines Plane Crashed 'Due To Physical, Technical External Interference'

Azerbaijan Airlines said on Friday that the preliminary results of an investigation into the plane that crashed in Kazakhstan pointed to "physical and technical external interference", amid growing speculation it was hit by a Russian air defence system.

- Agencies

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Meanwhile, a passenger on the Azerbaijan Airlines plane told Reuters that there was at least one loud bang as it approached Grozny in southern Russia.

"I thought the plane was going to fall apart," Subhonkul Rakhimov, one of the passengers, told Reuters from hospital, adding that he began to recite prayers and prepare for the end.

After the loud bang, the plane acted strangely as if it was drunk, he said.