BAKU The jet was en route from the country's capital Baku to the city of Grozny in Chechnya, southern Russia, on Wednesday but crashed near Aktau in Kazakhstan.
Euronews cited Azerbaijani government sources as saying that "shrapnel hit the passengers and cabin crew as it exploded next to the aircraft mid-flight". Military and aviation experts have pointed to apparent shrapnel damage on the fuselage of the plane.
Euronews also cited its sources saying the damaged plane "was not allowed to land at any Russian airports despite the pilots' requests for an emergency landing".
They said the plane was instead ordered to fly across the Caspian Sea to Aktau - far off its original route.
Turkey's official Anadolu
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