Mobile phone footage circulating online appeared to show the Azerbaijani Airlines plane making a steep descent before slamming into the ground in a fireball in western Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia all opened investigations into the cause of the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243.

Air crash in Kazakhstan Yesterday, December 25, a passenger plane flying from Baku to Grozny crashed in the Aktau area. The plane was supposed to land at Grozny airport, but this did not happen.

Investigators from Azerbaijan are working in Grozny as part of the probe of Wednesday's crash, the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's office said in a statement.

A CHILLING audio clip has emerged revealing the moment Russians shot down a passenger plane on Christmas that left 38 people ...

The Embraer 190 with 67 passengers and crew was flying from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to Grozny in Chechnya, Russia, when it crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people.

The conversation is said to have happened moments before Pantsir-S1 missiles were fired at the passenger plane.

A rift has developed between Russia and Azerbaijan, which have had long political, economic and cultural ties.

The Russia-Azerbaijan tensions have reached a point where both countries are targeting each other's civilians.

Once strategic partners in the post-Soviet order, Russia and Azerbaijan are drifting into open hostility. From diplomatic ...

Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan have cooled following contentious arrests in both countries. Russia may be about to ...