00:00On the morning of December 25 last year, Flight A243 issued a mayday call over the Caspian Sea.
00:06The aircraft was cleared to land by Aktau Air Traffic Control,
00:10but after entering Kazakhstan's airspace, the plane made two circles near the runway
00:14before tragically crashing on its third attempt.
00:17Here, just three kilometers from Aktau Airport,
00:20a passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines crashed with 67 people on board.
00:25The aircraft was flying from Baku to Grozny when it was reportedly struck by a surface-to-air missile.
00:32Despite the damage and pilots' emergency landing requests,
00:35the Embraer jet was not allowed to land at any Russian airports.
00:39It continued flying over the Caspian Sea towards Kazakhstan.
00:43A year after the tragedy, fragments of the fuselage still lay scattered at the crash site.
00:55The U.S.A.R.S.A.R.S.A.R.S.E.
01:25The aircraft was carrying passengers from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia.
01:3129 people were taken to hospitals in Aktau with 11 in critical condition
01:35and admitted to the intensive care unit.
01:37The U.S.A.R.S.A.R.S.A.R.S.A.R.S.A.R.S.A.R.S.
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02:18A special commission with a group of international experts are preparing the report.
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