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Eideen
lemmy.world

That makes more sense than bird strike which led to control surface failure.

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VeganCheesecakereply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

What I read (and who knows whether it'll turn out to be true) was that the plane was off it's planned course, likely due to a birdstrike, which lead to them entering an area that was actively expecting drone attacks, which likely lead to the Russians shooting it down.

But I guess we'll see when the report comes out.

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CookieOfFortunereply
lemmy.world

The location of active drone attacks is Grozny which was the intended destination. Maybe they approached the airport in an unexpected direction. But the shrapnel marks in the interior before the crash indicate an attack.

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Hubi
feddit.org

I wonder what Azerbaijan's reaction will be to this.

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pingvenoreply
lemmy.world

Sternly worded letter? Ineffective bleating? Or maybe they'll escalate to expelling a diplomat or two.

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Hubireply
feddit.org

Well they are firmly within Russia's sphere of influence, so any action from them will be interesting.

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52fightersreply
lemmy.sdf.org

Azerbaijan is firmly in Turkey's sphere of influence, the same people who just game Russia the boot from Syria. Turkey will find an undermine Russia in return for their idiotic mistake. Russia will pay.

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Hubireply
feddit.org

You're absolutely right. I can't believe I mixed that up.

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derangerreply
sh.itjust.works

The tail section separated on impact. There’s a couple videos, one from the outside showing people being rescued from the tail, and one from the inside from one of the survivors.

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prolereply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

For a moment I thought you said that they rescued someone from the inside of one of the other survivors

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Azerbaijan Airlines crash sparks speculation plane ‘accidentally shot down by Russia’ | Spyke