Several theories over the possible reason being the deadly Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash were doing the rounds on Thursday. As many as 38 people were reportedly killed in the plane crash near Kazakhstan's Aktau city on Wednesday.

An Azerbaijan Airlines flight from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to Russia crashed, hospitalizing survivors while dozens are feared dead.

Investigators have identified one of the two surviving women from the Aktau plane crash as a citizen of Azerbaijan, while the identity of the second woman remains unknown.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 26. Azerbaijan held a nationwide moment of silence to honor the victims of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) passenger plane crash near Aktau, Trend reports. On Thursday, at noon, traffic across the country came to a halt, and signals were sounded from ships and trains to mark the tribute.

Residents of the Mangystau region saw off nine Russian citizens injured in the plane crash in Aktau to Moscow, according to the press service of the regional akimat (local government administration).

BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 26. Flags have been lowered at the United Nations (UN) Office in Baku in connection with the tragic loss of life in the AZAL plane crash near Aktau, Trend reports. The UN representation shared the relevant footage in a post on its official X page.

The Russian Emergencies Ministry has dispatched a plane equipped with medical personnel and specialized equipment to the crash site near Aktau, Kazakhstan, following the tragic incident involving an Azerbaijani airline AZAL passenger plane,

Europa Press has pointed out: "Two hours into the flight, the aircraft requested an emergency landing but was denied due to fog in Grozny, so it was diverted first to Makhachkala, in Russian Dagestan, and then to Aktau."

The crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines flight in Kazakhstan has claimed 38 lives, with reports suggesting a possible Russian air defence missile strike. Early investigations point to missile damage after passengers reported explosions and shrapnel.

Russia launched a huge Christmas Day attack on Ukraine with cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as drones. The Russian attack wounded at least six people in the northeastern city of Kharkiv and killed one in the region of Dnipropetrovsk, the governors there said.

Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 had flown hundreds of miles off its scheduled route from Azerbaijan to Russia to crash on the opposite shore of the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan. A Kazakh official said 38 people had been killed,