Israel’s national airline suspends flights between Tel Aviv and Moscow amid reports that Russian air defenses shot down Azerbaijan Airlines plane
The Israeli commercial airline El Al has reportedly suspended flights between Tel Aviv and Moscow for at least the next week, following early reports that Russian air defenses near Grozny may have fired a missile at an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane, causing the aircraft to crash in western Kazakhstan and killing 38 of the 67 people on board.
Videos recorded at the crash site revealed damage to the plane — particularly on the tail section — resembling impacts from the fragmentation elements of an anti-aircraft missile. Azerbaijani government sources later confirmed to Euronews that a Russian surface-to-air missile brought down the plane. However, at the time of this writing, Kazakhstani officials have not yet determined the cause of the crash.
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