Israel’s largest airline suspends flights to Moscow amid alleged Russian involvement in crash in Kazakhstan
Israel's largest airline, El Al, suspends flights from Tel Aviv to Moscow due to the crash of an Embraer plane on December 25 in Aktau, Kazakhstan, which was probably shot down by a Russian missile.
This is reported by The Jerusalem Post, Censor.NET reports.
The airline said that El Al is canceling flights on the Tel Aviv-Moscow route next week "due to events in Russian airspace."
Officials attribute the decision to the crash of an Azerbaijani passenger plane, which was probably caused by the Russian air defense system.
The crash killed 38 of the 69 passengers on board.
It is noted that the airline will assess the situation over the next week and, depending on the results, will decide on the resumption of flights.
Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan
On December 25, an Embraer plane en route from Baku to Grozny, Russia, crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau.
38 people died as a result of the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane. According to one version in the media, the plane could have been hit by air defense systems over the territory of the Russian Federation.
According to media reports, a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane in Aktau.
NATO called for a full investigation into the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines flight in Kazakhstan.
