Evidence grows Russia air defense downed Azerbaijan Airlines jet

The Azerbaijan Airlines jet, Flight J2-8243, an Embraer passenger jet, crashed on Wednesday while attempting to land in Kazakhstan after flying from Baku to Grozny, Russia's southern Chechnya region. Various reports suggest that the plane may have been shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile, with some sources indicating that the plane was attacked by a Pantsir missile system while in Russian airspace. This is contradicted by Russian authorities, who have warned against speculation and hypotheses on the causes of the crash.