MADRID Dec. 29 () –
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy, Kaja Kallas, has requested this Saturday the launch of a “rapid and independent” investigation to clarify the causes of the accident of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) airliner that took place this December 25 in Kazakhstan.
“Reports that a Russian fire could have caused the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane are a harsh reminder of #MH17. I call for a rapid and independent international investigation,” the Union representative said in a post on her account on the social network
In the same message, Kallas conveyed his support to the family and friends of the victims of the accident and wished “a speedy recovery” to those injured as a result of it.
The EU High Representative’s request comes on the same day that the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has apologized to his Azeri counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, because the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 plane began in Russian airspace. although at no time has it admitted responsibility for a hypothetical downing of the device, as the White House hinted the day before.
On Christmas Day, an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 plane covering the Baku-Grozny route crashed three kilometers from the airport in the Kazakh city of Aktau, leaving 38 dead and 29 injured, most of them seriously.
Due to thick fog in Grozny, it was diverted to Makhachkala, Russian Dagestan, and then to Aktau, where it eventually crashed. During the change of route, the crew sounded the emergency signal due to events that are still unknown, although it has been speculated that a flock of birds damaged one of the engines, or there was an explosion of an oxygen tank in the cockpit, which made the pilots lose control.
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