He stated the blame for the crash lay firmly with Russia and referred to as for “punishment” for these accountable, even because the black packing containers are nonetheless being decoded in Brazil the place Embraer relies.

“We’ll demand justice and the punishment of these answerable for the deaths of Azerbaijani residents on this disaster,” stated Aliyev, who earlier attacked Russia’s “silly and dishonest” techniques.

“If well timed measures had been taken to shut Russian airspace within the space of Grozny, if all the principles of floor providers and coordination between the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and civil providers had been noticed, this tragedy wouldn’t have occurred.”

He revealed he had inside data of the investigation which factors to a catastrophic blunder by Russia, and stated, “I don’t need to reveal all of the supplies of the felony case for now,”

“The preliminary investigation and its outcomes have been reported to me.

“However I can confidently say that the blame for the deaths of Azerbaijani residents on this disaster lies with representatives of the Russian Federation.

“We demand justice, we demand the punishment of these accountable, and we demand full transparency and human behaviour….”

Aliyev has already referred to as for compensation to be paid by Russia to the victims.

“The truth that the black packing containers had been despatched to Brazil [for analysis] additionally exhibits that we insist on objectivity,” he stated.

“If we had seen from the very first minutes or hours an try by official circles of the Russian Federation to objectively examine this tragedy, we’d probably have agreed that the decoding of the black packing containers ought to be carried out by the Interstate Aviation Committee [the organisation responsible for air safety in the former Soviet Union]….

“However once we noticed makes an attempt to cowl up the incident, attributing it to some birds or the explosion of a fuel cylinder, naturally, doubts arose in me and the Azerbaijani public in regards to the objectivity of this organisation’s investigation.

“Now, because the black packing containers are being decoded, I’m assured that we are going to quickly be taught the preliminary outcomes.

“All the pieces will fall into place, and the complete image of this tragic incident will grow to be identified.”

Within the wake of the crash, Putin referred to as Aliyev and apologised for a “tragic incident” in Russian airspace, however didn’t take full accountability. In the meantime, the Russian media has highlighted a fowl strike and the explosion of an oxygen tank as potential causes.

But the complete probe might present that the ailing aircraft was additionally barred from touchdown at the very least one different Russian airport – Makhachkala – after it was unable to return down in Grozny.

On the time Grozny was underneath assault by Ukrainian drones however the airport was solely closed to touchdown plane after the Embraer was significantly broken by what’s suspected to be an air defence strike more likely to a Pantsir-S advanced.

The heroic captain Igor Kshnyakin and co-pilot Alexander Kalyaninov flew the broken aircraft throughout the Caspian Sea and crash-landed it in Kazakhstan.

They each perished, as did chief flight attendant Hyokuma Aliyeva, however 28 individuals survived because of the crew’s ability.