Published December 26,2024
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A survivor of Wednesday’s Azerbaijan Airlines crash mentioned the aircraft’s pilots tried to land in Grozny, Chechnya thrice, adopted by an explosion exterior the aircraft, in keeping with an audio recording shared by Russian TV channel RT.
Subkhankul Rahimov mentioned that one thing exploded on the third touchdown try and that when he reached for his life jacket, he discovered a gap in it attributable to shrapnel.
He additionally mentioned that he was hit by shrapnel after the explosion.
He recounted the a number of makes an attempt to land, saying: “The plane … was on its way to land, and then, abruptly, started to gain altitude. At this moment I woke up and realized that the plane was unable to land on its first attempt. Then it got above the clouds. Below there was fog, heavy fog, you could feel strong fog. The plane turned around and tried to land a second time.”
He added: “According to my count, there were two attempts. The third time, something exploded. There was an explosion.”
Asked if the blast befell contained in the aircraft, Rahimov mentioned it was exterior, and tore away a chunk of the plane masking.
“Experts, specialists will give their assessments, but there was an explosion. There was an explosion for sure. Everyone heard the explosion. I reached for my life jacket, thought-you never know where we’re going to land, I’d better put on my life jacket. Took it, see-a hole in the jacket, caused by shrapnel,” he mentioned.
He mentioned that after the explosion, shrapnel flew by his legs and went by the life jacket, and that he even took a photograph of this.
“Specialists have to sort it out, make conclusions, decide what happened,” he mentioned.
The girlfriend of Zaur Mammadov, a survivor, additionally shared textual content messages from the time of the crash with Russian outlet Readovka.
In the texts he mentioned that the aircraft was happening, and after it occurred, that he had survived.
Zaur was taken to the hospital with accidents of unknown severity. His transportation to Russia is at present being resolved.
“Zaur is covered in bruises, but conscious,” his girlfriend mentioned.
Speaking to RT, Mammadov mentioned “the passengers were expecting their deaths,” after which the aircraft began to fall, and “that’s it, half of the plane was torn apart,” consistent with footage of the crash web site.
On Wednesday an Azerbaijan Airlines flight with 67 folks on board touring from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny crashed close to the Kazakh Caspian metropolis of Aktau.
In the crash, 38 folks misplaced their lives and 29 survived, mentioned Kazakh authorities.
After the crash, Thursday was declared a day of nationwide mourning in Azerbaijan.
Source: www.anews.com.tr