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Ilham Aliyev accuses Russia of firing at Azerbaijan Airlines aircraft and trying to cover up cause of disaster.

Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. - The Embraer 190 aircraft was supposed to fly northwest from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to the city of Grozny in Chechnya in southern Russia, but instead diverted far off course across the Caspian Sea. It crashed on December 25, 2024 near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. (Photo by Issa Tazhenbayev / AFP)

Holes and pockmarks on the plane, an arrest and history are all prompting suspicion of Russia.

The wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lays on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Azamat Sarsenbayev)

An investigation is under way into the cause of the crash that killed 38 of 67 people on board the Embraer 190 aircraft.

In this handout picture released by Kazakhstan's emergency situations ministry, emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. [Handout / Kazakhstan's emergency situations ministry / AFP]

Azerbaijan launches criminal case after least 38 people are killed when passenger plane crashes near Aktau, Kazakhstan.

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An Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed after requesting an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.

Scene of the plane crash in Kazakhstan. (Al Jazeera)

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Authorities say at least 38 killed after the passenger plane with 67 people on board crashed near the city of Aktau.

Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Issa Tazhenbayev / AFP)

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