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An Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 aircraft carrying 67 passengers from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Russia,

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 — An Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 aircraft carrying 67 passengers from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Russia, crashes while being diverted to Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 people an

Published December 25, 2024· Updated October 28, 2026·1 min read

Context: Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243.

An Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 aircraft carrying 67 passengers from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Russia, crashes while being diverted to Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 people and injuring 29 others. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/25/passenger-plane-crashes-in-kazakhstan-emergencies-ministry (Al Jazeera)] [https://www.npr.org/2024/12/25/g-s1-39977/azerbaijan-airlines-passenger-jet-crashes (NPR)]

Event summary via Wikipedia Current Events (2024-12-25).