Türkiye’s NTV TV channel has aired a report highlighting the ongoing investigation into the crash of a civilian aircraft belonging to Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) near Aktau.
NTV’s multi-million viewer audience was informed about reports from various media outlets regarding an audio recording, as well as an explanatory report addressed to one of the Russian officers who allegedly gave the order to shoot down a civilian aircraft on December 25, 2024.
The TV channel recalled that 38 people were killed and another 29 were injured as a result of the shooting down of the Azerbaijani plane.
The report also included remarks by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev regarding the AZAL plane crash, his demand to bring the perpetrators to criminal accountability, and his call for the payment of compensation.
The NTV channel also paid special attention to the tension caused by the illegal actions of Russian law enforcement officers against ethnic Azerbaijanis in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.