Der aserbaidschanische Pilot Aleksandr Kalyaninov starb als Held und rettete Dutzende Leben. Das Passagierflugzeug war sehr schwer zu kontrollieren, nachdem es in der Nähe von Grosny von einer russischen Rakete getroffen wurde. Er schaffte es über das Kaspische Meer, nachdem ihm eine Notlandung in Russland verweigert worden war.

Azerbaijani pilot Aleksandr Kalyaninov died as a hero while saving dozens of lives.

The passenger plane was very difficult to control after it was struck by a Russian missile near Grozny. He made it across the Caspian Sea after having been refused an emergency landing in Russia.

The passenger plane which crashed in Kazakhstan was hit by Russian surface-to-air missile, according Azerbaijani government sources – Euronews

https://x.com/bnonews/status/1872262882576224485?s=46

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1872326028586287262?s=46

More lives destroyed by Russians. When will the world rid itself of the Russian cancer?

A true hero, fuck ruZZia

Fuck Russia

From the videos I’ve seen of airline pilots analysing what’s so far known about this incident, saying that the aircraft was *difficult to control* after the missile-strike is an under-statement. It appears the only means of controlling the plane’s altitude and heading was by altering the thrust of the two engines, and that makes it astonishing the crew kept the plane in the air for as long as they did.

That *anyone* survived this attack by Russia is a huge credit to the pilot and first officer.

And it’s actually good that the Russians refused to allow the plane to attempt a landing in Russia. If they had come down there, it’s certain the authorities would have claimed that the flight data and cockpit recorders were utterly obliterated in the crash, so there was no way of knowing for sure what had happened to the plane.

Rest in peace 🕊️