Kazakhstan has received from equipment manufacturers all expert examination results required for the technical investigation into the causes of the AZAL plane crash in Aktau in December 2024. This was stated to journalists by Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev.
According to him, the international commission he heads, which also includes Azerbaijan, is continuing its work on investigating the crash of the AZAL Baku-Grozny flight.
“The investigation is ongoing. All necessary expert examinations from the equipment manufacturers, namely GPS trackers, navigation equipment, and the aircraft manufacturer, have been received. The results are now being finalized, and these findings will be coordinated with the commission members,” he noted.
Bozumbayev stressed that the commission includes experts from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia, as well as representatives of Embraer and the international civil aviation agency. “In accordance with international standards, Kazakhstan must finalize the results in the coming months. This concerns the technical aspect,” he added.
Regarding the legal aspect of the matter, Bozumbayev said that Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General’s Office “is awaiting questions from the Russian Federation.”
“I believe that the law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation will probably have to draw certain conclusions,” he added.
According to the deputy prime minister, the results of the technical commission’s work will shed light on all questions surrounding the plane crash tragedy. “When was it shot down? Why did it crash? What was the cause? Step by step, all of this will be described in the official report in accordance with the regulations of the international organization,” he concluded.
It should be recalled that on December 25, 2024, an Embraer 190 aircraft of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), operating flight J2-8243 from Baku to Grozny, crashed 3 km from Aktau in Kazakhstan. There were 67 people on board, including 42 citizens of Azerbaijan, 16 of Russia, 6 of Kazakhstan, and 3 of Kyrgyzstan. As a result of the air disaster, 38 people were killed.
According to the preliminary findings of the investigation, as the aircraft was approaching Grozny, it came under attack from a Russian Pantsir-S air defense system.
