The flight recorders of the Azerbaijan Airlines aircraft that crashed at the airport in Aktau, Kazakhstan, will be sent to Brazil for decoding. Source: Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Telegram Quote: "According to the standards of Annex 13 of the Chicago Convention,

The crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan has killed 38 of 67 people on board. Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijani capital Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it was diverted for reasons that aren’t fully clear yet.

Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 caught fire as it tried to make an emergency landing in Aktau, southwestern Kazakhstan, on Wednesday. It was traveling from the Azeri capital Baku to Grozny, the capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya.