The 53-page preliminary report published by Kazakhstan's transport ministry included photographs of the plane.

An Azerbaijani passenger plane that crashed in December after being diverted from Russia to Kazakhstan had suffered external damage and was riddled with holes in its fuselage, according to a report published on a Kazakh government website on Tuesday.

The 53-page preliminary report published by Kazakhstan's transport ministry included photographs of the plane.

Azerbaijan plans to sue Russia over the downing of its Embraer E190 aircraft near Grozny if Moscow does not admit responsibility, reports "Azeri-Press" (APA). According to the agency, evidence is being gathered,

As Russia continues to try to divert attention from the plane crash in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan is preparing an appeal to an international court, according to APA. Even after the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan released its first report on the plane crash,

Russian civil aviation authorities said Wednesday that they have not been granted access to the “foreign objects” that damaged an Azerbaijani jet before it crashed in Kazakhstan last month. Kazakhstan’s Transportation Ministry on Tuesday published preliminary findings of its investigation into the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243.

Azerbaijan plans to sue Russia for the downing of its Embraer E190 plane over Grozny if Moscow does not acknowledge fault, according to a report by "Azeri-Press" (APA). The agency states that evidence,