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eeyun.bsky.social
@eeyun.bsky.social

Aren’t the current reports saying that it was a bird strike? They were able to divert and head to Kazakhstan rather than directly crash into the Caucasuses. I’m not seeing anything confirming a missile strike. At least from AP: apnews.com/article/azer...

apnews.comAzerbaijani airliner crashes in Kazakhstan, killing 38 with 29 survivors, officials sayThe plane was originally scheduled to travel from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus.
eeyun.bsky.social
@eeyun.bsky.social

I did some reading. So if you have a missile detonating the tail, it can take out the hydraulics while leaving the wing mounted engines unaffected. Which would explain the air weaving the pilot was doing before the crash. And that those holes on the tail aren’t consistent with other crashes.

eeyun.bsky.social
@eeyun.bsky.social

I (believe at least) watched the video, and it seemed that both engines hadn’t been externally damaged; I would normally expect that from a missile. And couldn’t the shrapnel come from the chaotic landing? Not trying to defend Russia btw, not a fan lol. This just deviates from other reporting