News Russia Plane Crash 2025. The azerbaijan airlines plane that crashed killing 38 people was downed by a russian air defence system, according to four reuters sources. Wagner mercenary chief yevgeny prigozhin is confirmed to have died in a plane crash north of moscow following dna testing of the bodies found in the wreckage, russia's.
Aviation experts said thursday that russian air defence fire was likely responsible for the azerbaijani plane crash the day before that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured. An azerbaijan airlines flight crashed after sustaining damage over russia, killing 38.