New up-close images of the wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines flight JS-8243 show the doomed flight appears to have been struck by numerous fragments or other similar objects before crash-landing in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day.
The fuselage and tail section of the Embraer 190 passenger jet are stippled with hundreds of holes of various size — some resembling bullet holes, others appearing large enough that a person could put their fist through.
Multiple sources tell Reuters that Azerbaijan Airlines Flight JS-8243 was downed by Russia’s air defense systems. REUTERS
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Thirty-eight of the airliner’s 67 passengers were killed in the crash, which multiple sources close to the investigation now tell Reuters was caused by Russia’s air defense systems.
Some of the holes in the fuselage and tail
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