Kazakhstan says it will send Azerbaijan Airlines black boxes to Brazil as crash probe continues

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Kazakhstan's government told Euronews that it has decided to send the downed Azerbaijan Airlines flight recorders to Brazil for the full and transparent disclosure of the tragedy.

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00:00Sources inside the Kazakh government have told Euronews that the black boxes from the

00:06Azerbaijani plane that crashed on Christmas Day will be sent to Brazil for analysis.

00:12Astana said the Azal aircraft was manufactured in Brazil and the decision to send the black

00:17boxes there came after consultations with Azerbaijan and Russia.

00:22The statement also said that Brazil's Aviation Accident Center has the necessary technical

00:28capabilities with the appropriate equipment and a certified laboratory.

00:33Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 was en route from the capital Baku to Grozny in the Russian

00:39Republic of Chechnya. Baku says the aircraft was hit by fire from Russia's air defenses

00:44which had been scrambled in response to a Ukrainian drone attack.

00:48The plane was denied permission to land at nearby Russian airports and was diverted across

00:53the Caspian Sea to Kazakhstan. It crash landed near Aktau killing 38 of the 67 passengers

01:00on board.

01:02Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has criticized Russia for its unwillingness to cooperate

01:07with the investigation.

01:23Russia's President Vladimir Putin has apologized for the crash but stopped short of accepting

01:44responsibility. Ilham Aliyev said Azerbaijan has demanded Russia admit guilt, punish those

01:50responsible and pay compensation to the survivors.

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