First Officer Aleksandr Kalyaninov

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Russia's missile downed a passenger jet. a year later, no one's been punished.

Killed in crash; posthumously named National Hero of Azerbaijan

On December 25, 2024, Russian anti-aircraft fire shredded an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet carrying 67 people. The pilots—hydraulics destroyed, controls failing—flew the crippled Embraer 190 across the Caspian Sea for an emergency landing.

Updated May 16

First Officer Aleksandr Kalyaninov

Stories

Russia's missile downed a passenger jet. a year later, no one's been punished.

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